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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Sathish G. T.

Parents opt for residential schools to wean children off mobile phones, gadgets

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Many parents, worried over their children’s addiction to mobile phones and television, are preferring faraway residential schools to next-door day schools. Almost all schools, including well-established private ones, in Hassan, have seen parents seeking transfer certificates to admit their children to residential schools in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

The head of a private school in Hassan told The Hindu that, in 2022, four students, two each in class 6 and 8, took transfer certificates. They want to get admission for their children in residential schools in Dakshina Kannada district.

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