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Teachers salaries on chopping block if schools underperform

Bengaluru, 01 July 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: In order to crack down on the underperforming aided schools, the Department of Education has decided to take action. One of the measures mentioned in a circular released by the department is a cut in the salaries of the teaching staff. There are about 9000 aided schools in Karnataka and the department will be analysing the data of the last five years. If any schools are found to be consistently underperforming, the salaries of these institutions will be cut. Schools that do not meet the standards could face de-recognition. Those institutions found performing below the district average and getting zero pass results will attract

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Burqa or shawl? College lands students in a fix

Bengaluru, 04 July 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: Is this an act of moral policing? Girls of a particular religion studying at the Government First Grade College, Koppa in Chikkamagaluru have been asked not to wear scarves while attending classes. They have however been allowed to wear scarves or burqa upto the waiting room at the college from their homes and on their return back from college. This decision by the college authorities comes after the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP) made an appeal to the authorities concerned of the college to bar girls of a particular community from wearing burqa. After the girls attended classes wearing burqa and scarves, other boys and girl on Tuesday attended classes wearing saffron shawls. ABVP leader Karthik told Deccan Chronicle that members of the ABVP distributed 200 shawls among the

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Siddaramaiah made member of Congress Working Committee

Bengaluru, 18 July 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: Former chief minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, has been given the membership of Congress Working Committee (CWC), which happens to be the highest policy-making body of the Congress in the country. There was a perception that after the defeat of Congress in the state, Siddaramaiah was being relegated in terms of importance in his party. However, the high command, which gave him prominence when forming the coalition government, offered him the post of the chairman of coordination committee of the state government. By making him CWC member now, the party has taken steps to assure him that he continues to be held in high esteem by the party high command. The CWC been revamped, and veteran Congress leader from Karnataka, Mallikarjun Kharge, happens to be a member of this committee. Another

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