Children of mahouts and kavadis of Dasara elephants, who will camp in the city till the conclusion of the festival on October 5, will not face disruption in learning.
For, the Department of Public Instruction has arranged for a ‘’tent school’’ as an ad hoc measure on the palace premises to ensure the continuity of their education.
An annual feature in the run-up to the Dasara, it is reckoned to be useful as children tend to join their parents on their long sojourn from the jungles to the city and stay in Mysuru for nearly 45 days. The officials perceived that such a long sojourn and break from school could create learning gap that could be difficult to bridge and hence was introduced more than 10 years ago.
