Mangalore Today News Network
The Karnataka government on Tuesday extended Dasara holidays for government and aided schools in view of the ongoing Social and Educational Survey.
"The government has decided that schools will have holidays till October 18," Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced.
Teachers on midterm exams duty will not be assigned the survey work.
"Coverage in Bengaluru is low at just 36 per cent. So, these holidays will apply commonly. There are 6,700 teachers engaged in survey work in Bengaluru. There are 46 lakh households in the city. Per day, we had fixed 10-15 homes as the target. We want to finish the survey in Bengaluru before Deepavali," Siddaramaiah said.
The survey was scheduled to end on Tuesday, and schools were set to reopen on Wednesday. The government on T