Udupi girl who had secured second state rank in SSLC 2018, now tops state in PUC Science stream
Udupi: Karnataka PU Education Board on Tuesday declared the results of the PUC Examinations 2020-2021 wherein Udupi District emerged as the best performing District. In what has brought more laurels to the district, a student from Udupi District has topped the state in individual results in the Science stream.
The student, Abhijna Rao is a student of Vidhyodaya PU College in Udupi and is the daughter of Asha Rao and Vittal Rao. She topped the Science stream in the state by scoring 596 aggregate marks and securing 99.33% in the stream.
Abhijna scored full marks in five subjects (Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Sanskrit, and Computer Science) and scored 96 marks in English, securing 596 aggregate marks in the examination. Interestingly, Abhijna had secured the second rank in the state in her SSLC examination, two years ago.
After topping the state, Abhijna said she had worked hard to achieve this and she had set it as her goal to improve her SSLC ranking in the PUC examination. She expressed her satisfaction over the results and added that the Coronavirus Lockdown helped her prepare well for the English exam.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
