Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday stated the state government-run residential faculties, which have accomplished 10 years, can have schools providing pre-university programs (PUC) on their premises from the following educational 12 months. These residential faculties may also must conduct aggressive examinations amongst college students in order that they’re ready for such challenges as soon as they full their schooling and exit in quest of jobs, Bommai stated.
The Chief Minister additionally requested the social welfare division to surrender its “tendency of spending cash solely setting up college buildings to gratify contractors”. As an alternative, the main target needs to be on bettering the standard of schooling. “Begin the Pre-College Faculties from subsequent 12 months in these faculties which have accomplished 10 years and the scholars are in tenth normal,” Bommai stated after inaugurating ‘Science Expo-2023’ of the Karnataka Residential Training Establishment Society (KREIS) on the Palace Grounds right here.
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In line with Bommai, the “high quality schooling is not going to proceed” if the scholars must go to numerous different faculties after finishing tenth normal as a result of the aggressive examinations for them begin after finishing their Pre-College schooling. Therefore, the scholars must proceed their PUC schooling from the identical residential college, he stated. “Conduct aggressive exams in these faculties among the many youngsters. We have now supplied them a degree enjoying subject to seek out out the shortcomings among the many youngsters in order that it may be set proper and their capability is elevated,” the Chief Minister stated.
Bommai identified that the kids finding out within the Morarji Desai Residential Faculties and related different residential faculties run by the state authorities are fairly sharp who obtained admission by scoring above 60 per cent to 70 per cent. He stated the goal of the federal government is to make sure that these college students rating 90 per cent by the point they full their schooling. The Chief Minister took a swipe on the tendency of spending more cash on setting up buildings, which advantages contractors.
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“We spend hundreds of crores of rupees on these establishments. We’re spending extra on buildings and compound partitions,” Bommai stated and insisted that the main target needs to be on the “necessities” of the scholars finding out in these residential faculties. Bommai stated, “Cease giving cash to the contractors. Change that mannequin itself.”
In line with him, the spending on constructing faculties had began from ₹5 crore, which escalated to ₹10 crore and ₹14 crore and now it has reached a stage the place the federal government spends ₹30 crore on every college. “Spend ₹30 crore on the preparations (services) for kids. On the one hand authorities cash is draining and on the opposite, the preparations required for the kids are usually not taking place,” the Chief Minister stated.
Bommai blamed the earlier governments which he alleged had been splurging cash on constructing faculties, as a substitute of bettering high quality of schooling. “This can be a legacy that has come from the previous from the earlier governments to take up ‘contractor-based civil works’ as a consequence of which now we have reached this stage,” he stated.
Stating that youngsters belonging to the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and different backwards castes examine in these faculties, Bommai stated it was the obligation of the federal government to verify in regards to the high quality of schooling. He instructed officers to offer him an inventory of shortcomings within the faculties and warranted that the federal government will give grants. Bommai additionally directed officers to go to faculties as a substitute of “operating administration” from Bengaluru.