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A turf war between the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Department of Women and Child Development has reached the office of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The conflict arises from the decision to start LKG and ukg sections in government schools, leading to resistance from anganwadi workers concerned about job loss. The CM has directed LK Atheeq to facilitate discussions between the departments for a resolution. 262 schools were permitted to introduce kindergarten classes in 2023.

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As many as 262 government schools in Karnataka will start pre-primary sections from September this year for children in the 4-5 age group. The move comes amid reports that the demand for LKG/ukg in schools is rising among parents, especially in rural areas, with anganwadis not catering to educational needs of children, reports Sruthy Susan Ullas. The project-approval board has greenlighted LKG/ukg sections in 262 schools, including 10 in Bengaluru South and four in Bengaluru North.

Hubballi has won a kid model competition organized by Sudisha Event Dharwad. Amruta Talwar said that 45 students had participated. Yashmita participated well in them and drew attention. She also said that the institution has earned a place in the cultural sector by organizing attractive programs. Various competitions for children and women have been organized.

A parent of an ukg student has lodged a complaint with division number 1 police station against a book shop in the books market for forcing him to purchase a complete set of books, including stationary and other stuff, and pay higher cost for the same.

For the all-round development of pre-primary class students, the Punjab government will start evaluating different facets of their personality. State’s school education minister Harjot Singh Bains said the first assessment of the LKG and ukg will be from September 12 to 27.

A social media post by the parent of a ukg student who was marked 'fail' in an exam has drawn sharp criticism and the block education officer (BEO) has served a notice on the school. The incident happened at St. Joseph Chaminade Academy, Anekal taluk, Bengaluru Urban district.

With the National Education Policy (NEP) for the foundational stage getting ready for rollout in Karnataka, private standalone preschools are confused about whether they will have to upgrade till class 2.

The father of a kindergarten child has alleged that he was assaulted by the mother of his son’s classmate and her two associates in Vidyaranyapura. He had taken exception to the woman’s child bullying his son.

The Puducherry government has proposed to reopen government-aided and private schools for lower kindergarten and upper kindergarten classes for the academic year 2021-2022 from March 14.

The education department has said students who are currently in ukg but wouldn't be six years old in June 2023 will have to repeat one year to become eligible for class 1. "This is the new rule. Children need to be aged 6 to be admitted in class 1...," said Vishal R, commissioner, department of public instruction.

Hours after the news of alleged sexual abuse of a four-year-old in a city school spread like a wild fire, parents of other toddlers studying in the school had to sit down with their kids and ask them if they had faced a similar predicament at the hands of the school principal's driver. To the utter shock of the parents, the kindergarten students referred to the accused driver as 'sir' who also taught them in the digital classroom routinely.

The angry father of the four-year-old girl allegedly raped by her school principal's driver demanded "Sajjanar-style justice" for his child. He was alluding to police killing of four gang-rape and murder suspects in an encounter in 2019.