Mysore/Mysuru, June 1 -- Government Schools across the city and district re-opened for the academic year 2026-27 today.

At a unique event in Karnataka Public School (KPS) premises in Kuvempunagar, teachers heartily welcomed students who enthusiastically returned to the school after a long summer holiday.

Later, MLA T.S. Srivatsa, KPS-PU College Principal Gubbigoodu Ramesh and other staff went in a procession in an open top vehicle, which was followed by a scooter rally by teachers and a foot-march by the school children holding placards with an appeal to parents to admit their wards in Government Schools.

The rally passed through main roads around the school before returning to the campus. Saraswati Puja was performed in LKG and UKG cl...