Donating knowledge is a matter of pride, says Mantar Gowda

Madikeri, May 22: There is nothing more proud than donating our knowledge to others, said Madikeri assembly constituency MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda.

He was speaking after presenting the Sadhanasiri Award to the heads of high schools in Kodagu district who secured 100% results in the SSLC examination of 2025-26 by the Kannada Siri Sneha Balaga at Gandhi Bhavan in the city. This time's SSLC results have brought pride to the district. Teachers have taught school children more than they have taught their own children. Teachers should never get involved in politics, they should give children a future. They should not only teach books; they should give children knowledge outside the books. Teachers should be role models in other subjects as well. Children become mentally depressed in some situations, such people should be kept in mind and brought to the attention of the authorities. He told the teachers that they should not ignore such people and fill their minds with positive things.

Teachers should also be friends with children. When the authorities come to them with problems, they should respond to their demands. They should stand up for those who work without any expectations. If the teachers do not go to a happy school, the pain of the teachers will also affect the children in the school.

The results need to be reviewed. The authorities need to focus on how to increase the results. Work needs to be done to identify and motivate the children who score low marks.

In Kodagu district, from the authorities to the teachers, they are doing a good job. In this regard, he expressed his appreciation that the Kannada Siri Sneha Balaga is recognizing the schools that have achieved 100 percent results and honoring them with awards.

100 books for each school

Lokesh Sagar, President of Kannada Siri Sneha Balaga and immediate past President of Kannada Sahitya Parishad, spoke; In order to encourage Kannada, the Sneha Siri Balaga organized a program to recognize students who scored the highest marks in Kannada 14 years ago and award them with gold coins. Later, after Kasapa became the president, students who scored full marks in Kannada were honored, and now, along with honoring the heads of schools that scored 100% marks, books are being given to the school library. 2,000 books collected from book donors are being given to schools. He said that 100 books will be given to each school from next year.

Work to remember needs to be done

Kushalnagar Rotary Organization Assistant Governor M.D. Rangaswamy spoke; Several programs are being organized under the leadership of Lokesh Sagar through the Kannada Siri Sneha Balaga to foster Kannada language pride in the multilingual culture of Kodagu. Many have contributed to the development of the Kannada language. He said that work to remember everyone needs to be done.

No copying is known in Kodagu

Deputy Director of the School Education Department Basavaraju spoke; Kodagu was expected to come first. Although the percentage of results has increased, there has been a shift in the ranking. We are aware of where we have gone wrong. We said that this mistake will not be repeated in the future. Compared to other districts, Kodagu district has a good result. We do not know about cheating in Kodagu. Teachers also work with commitment. Compared to PUC, those who failed in SSLC should accept it and work hard for the development of the school and students. Teachers under pressure Kodige Government High School Principal Handragi Nagaraj said; There is an environment where work is done 24/7 in the education department. It is not easy to bring 100 percent results. It is even more difficult in government schools. Everyone knows that only the results of 4 districts of the state are real. Therefore, there is self-satisfaction among the teachers. This effort should not stop here. 100 percent results should be our goal in the future as well, he said. The results of aided and government schools are low. The results of unaided schools have increased. Behind that is the hard work of those schools. That is why admission to government and unaided schools has decreased. Along with this, there is a situation where teachers are working under pressure among other tasks, he said.

Diet Deputy Director Ramachandra Raje Aras, Field Education Officers Mahesh, M. Krishnappa, T.J. Anand, High School Co-Teachers Association President H.G. Kumar, Madikeri Taluk Unit President of High School Co-Teachers Association Ravi Krishna, Somwarpet's T.R. Ratnakumar, Virajpet Taluk Secretary Arun Ansi D'Souza, Madikeri Taluk Kasapa Former President Kudekal Santosh, Somwarpet Taluk President H.J. Javarappa, senior writers Kiggalu Girish, Monnanda Shobha Subbaiah, P. Vailesh, Kannada and Culture Department Officer Manajur Manjunath, Information Officer Chinnaswamy and others were present.

Kannada Sahitya Parishad members Pudiyaneravan Revathi Ramesh, Chokkadi Prema Raghavaya and Sushil Trond sang the national anthem, while Siri Sneha Balagad, a retired teacher and writer U.R. Nagesh, narrated the song. Teacher Usharani welcomed the gathering and High School Co-Teachers Association President H.G. Kumar proposed the vote of thanks. Members of the association K. Jayalakshmi, Kekada Indumati, Pushpa Shivaram Rai, Leeladevi Thodikana, Maladevi Murthy, C.K. Mallappa, Prakash and others assisted during the felicitation ceremony.

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