<p>The second bandh call given by various pro-Kannada organisations on September 29 has forced some private schools in the city to cancel the holiday for Eid-Milad on Thursday.</p>.<p>To recover the lost academic days due to bandh, some schools have even scheduled full-day classes on Saturday. The principal of a private unaided school said, “We have no other way than conducting classes on Thursday and Saturday as the mid-term exams are going on.”</p>.<p>Principal of another school said, “We cannot take risk on Friday as it is Karnataka Bandh. We have rescheduled the Friday exams to Saturday.”</p>.Karnataka Bandh puts the brakes on weekend travel plans .<p>However, some opined that it is not a fair decision to conduct classes on a pre-declared festival holiday.</p>.<p>“The schools are free to decide, but I feel it is not a fair decision. Instead, they can conduct full-day classes on Saturday and Sunday,” said D Shashi Kumar, general secretary of Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka.</p>.<p><strong>'Announce fast'</strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, Shashi Kumar requested the district administration to announce decision on school/college holidays for Friday at least by Thursday evening to avoid confusions.</p>.<p>“When it comes to Bengaluru such decisions will come fast, but we expect the same speed from the rest of the district administrations to avoid confusions and inconveniences,” he added.</p>
<p>The second bandh call given by various pro-Kannada organisations on September 29 has forced some private schools in the city to cancel the holiday for Eid-Milad on Thursday.</p>.<p>To recover the lost academic days due to bandh, some schools have even scheduled full-day classes on Saturday. The principal of a private unaided school said, “We have no other way than conducting classes on Thursday and Saturday as the mid-term exams are going on.”</p>.<p>Principal of another school said, “We cannot take risk on Friday as it is Karnataka Bandh. We have rescheduled the Friday exams to Saturday.”</p>.Karnataka Bandh puts the brakes on weekend travel plans .<p>However, some opined that it is not a fair decision to conduct classes on a pre-declared festival holiday.</p>.<p>“The schools are free to decide, but I feel it is not a fair decision. Instead, they can conduct full-day classes on Saturday and Sunday,” said D Shashi Kumar, general secretary of Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka.</p>.<p><strong>'Announce fast'</strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, Shashi Kumar requested the district administration to announce decision on school/college holidays for Friday at least by Thursday evening to avoid confusions.</p>.<p>“When it comes to Bengaluru such decisions will come fast, but we expect the same speed from the rest of the district administrations to avoid confusions and inconveniences,” he added.</p>
