A special session on Career guidance and scholarship awareness program was organized for PUC (Pre-University Course) passed students by the Student Welfare Wing of Anjuman Arts, Science, Commerce College, and PG Centre in Bhatkal, Karnataka.
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scholarships are the silver lining for families who have lost a loved one to
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The second wave of covid has affected people in different ways. Some have lost their sole breadwinner and have been pushed into poverty, overnight. Others have lost a chance to study in schools because their parents have lost jobs due to the lockdown. Still, others are unable to work because of the after-effects of covid. Families, children, livelihoods, dreams and homes have been destroyed. But there is a silver lining. A few NGOs and charity foundations are working together to identify such people and help them.
Fearing dip in admissions, some school managements slash fees in Bengaluru
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The reduction varies from 10%-30% based on tuition fees for the previous academic year.
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The reduction varies from 10%-30% based on tuition fees for the previous academic year. Amid reports of schools insisting that parents pay the full fees for the 2021-2022 academic year, some private school managements have done the exact opposite: they are offering discounts.
The reduction in school fees varies from 10%-30% based on tuition fees for the previous academic year.
D.D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary of Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka, said they would advise managements to give a discount of anywhere between 10% and 20%. “We will issue an advisory to all our member schools on Monday. We also want schools to tackle fee collection on a case-by-case basis for humanitarian reasons,” he said.
Karnataka sees nearly 600 COVID deaths at home in a month
120 deaths have occured between April 13 and April 30 along with a sudden spike of 479 deaths between May 1 and May 13.
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Family members perform the last rites of a person who succumbed to COVID-19, at an open-air crematorium on the outskirts of Bengaluru. (Photo| Ashishkrishna HP, EPS)
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BENGALURU: In a span of just one month, the state has seen 599 COVID-19 patients succumbing at home due to delay in reaching hospitals and shortage of beds, among other factors. This includes 120 deaths between April 13 and April 30 and a sudden spike of 479 deaths between May 1 and May 13, with the highest being reported on May 12, with 88 fatalities, as per the state Health Department data.