Karnataka Edu department postpones board exams for 5,8,9, 11 grades following SC order
Bengaluru: Hours after the Supreme Court stayed Karnataka Government’s move to conduct board exams for 5,8,9 and 11 grades in state-affiliated schools, the state education department has announced postponement of examinations.
Examinations which were already underway were postponed until further notice.
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Earlier in the day, a bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal revoked the March 7 order of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court, which had allowed the state government to conduct board exams for 5,8,9 and 11th grades.
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Karnataka govt seeks agency to manage rural drinking water units: Minister
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the state government is working to appoint an agency to manage clean drinking water units in rural areas.
The state Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister was responding to a question by Hirekerur MLA U B Banakar in the legislative assembly.
"In the rural areas of the state, many clean drinking water units have been set up under corporate social responsibility (CSR) grants, including contributions by MLAs and MPs, and handed over to gram panchayats. After the maintenance period, problems have arisen in keeping these units operational," Priyank said.
He added that a proposal has been made to award a maintenance contract to one of the country’s reputed drinking water unit manufacturing companies, but so far, no companies have come forward to take up the work.
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"The government is continuing its efforts and will resolve this problem soon," he said.
On a query regarding fluoride content in water, the minister said water quality testing is being conducted monthly in all zilla panchayats.
"Laboratories have been opened for this purpose. Around 6.5 lakh water samples have been tested across the state, and water testing kits have been provided to villages," he added.
