Colleges avoid COVID-19 protocols at Karnataka Rajyotsava

Engineering colleges pay scant attention to COVID-19 protocols A prominent college in Karnataka celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava with ethnic day in its auditorium. Some colleges held cultural and social events, despite the advisory issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka. Around 4,500 students, 400 faculty members, and nearly 300 plus supporting staff attended […]

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A path still to conquer for the NEP in Karnataka

Funding and research hinder the real impact and implementation of the NEP in Karnataka. Karnataka Minister of Higher Education and Information Technology CN Ashwath Narayan said the state’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 faces a funding shortfall to encourage research in government and private universities. Narayan addressing the “Challenges and Opportunities of Educational Institutions” conference […]

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Pink Sarathi: no complaints in the last six months

The BMTC hotline was restored after the lockdown was lifted, but no one has filed any complaint say BMTC officials. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), which inaugurated Pink Sarathi in 2019, has not received a single complaint about women’s difficulties since the service was restored in July 2021. According to the BMTC public grievance […]

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Smart classrooms take the back seat in city colleges

Lack of space, funds and training prevent college administrations from creating smart classrooms. Bengaluru; Classrooms in city government colleges are yet to be equipped with digital infrastructure for teaching-learning process as directed by the state education department. Untrained professors and lack of maintenance of smart classrooms adds to the problem. “We have only one smart […]

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Families of atrocity victims await jobs in vain

The government is offering employment to families of atrocity victims, but tying them down with red-tape. More than a hundred applicants from families of victims of atrocities that come under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) are still waiting for employment on compassionate grounds in the Karnataka government. Social Welfare Department’s (SWD) data states that […]

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