Karnataka govt to provide quality education at affordable costs, says MLA Vedavyasa Kamath
The Hindu
The MLA launched first PU classes at the newly opened Government PU College in Shaktinagar
Mangaluru South MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath on Saturday said the government has taken necessary steps to provide quality education at affordable costs by giving priority to education sector.
He was speaking at the PU classes commencement programme at the newly sanctioned Government PU College, Nalyapadavu in Shaktinagara. Welcoming students, Mr. Kamath said the new college was opened to provide quality education to students of the region under government setup.
Mr. Kamath noted the demand for a government PU college in the area was pending for a long time. The then Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar responded to the demand and sanctioned the college, he said thanking Mr. Kumar. At present, the college would offer courses in arts and commerce streams, he added.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists