Education Minister B.C. Nagesh visits exam centres in Chikkamagaluru
The Hindu
Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B.C. Nagesh interacted with students during a visit to exam centres in Chikkamagaluru
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Minister for Primary and Secondary Education B.C. Nagesh said the administration at the district-level has made all arrangements for smooth conduct of the PU examinations that began across Karnataka on April 22.
He spoke to mediapersons after visiting a couple of examination centres in Chikkamagaluru. “I interacted with students. They were confident of doing well in the exams. More than six lakh students are appearing in the exams in Karnataka with Bengaluru alone accounting for more than five lakh students,” he said.
When asked about merger of schools with meagre strength, the Minister said schools would be merged with other schools nearby in the interest of providing students with quality education. Answering a question, the Minister said there is proposal to close Urdu schools.
The Minister was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner K.N. Ramesh, Superintendent of Police Akshay M. Hakay. He was on his way to Hariharapura in Koppa taluk when he took a break to visit examination centres in Chikkamagaluru.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












