Karnataka: Dasara holidays may be cut short, decision by end of month

School children are going to face the brunt of several strikes and bandhs that Karnataka saw in the last few months. Now the state government is contemplating to cut short the Dasara vacation to make up for the lost hours of work in schools. The final decision will be taken later this month by the Karnataka state advisory council, the body that decides on educational policies and programmes.

Karnataka Education Minister Tanveer Sait said that since the schools lost several days of academic work and they are faced with no other option but to reduce the Dasara holidays this year.

The government had declared holidays for schools on:

July 30: Mahadayi river issue bandh

September 2: Trade union strike

September 9: Cauvery water issue bandh

Across the state of Karnataka schools lost 7 working days due to bandhs and strikes in Mandya, Mysuru, Dharwad, Gadag and Belagavi.

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