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Thursday, Dec 30, 2004

Karnataka

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Private schools told to provide proper infrastructure

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, DEC. 29. Private educational institutions should provide minimum infrastructure of well-ventilated classrooms, adequate toilets and well-lit laboratories before they apply for registration and recognition, said J. Bhaskariah, Director of Public Instruction, here today.

"Very often institutions providing 30X40 sq.ft. classrooms come to us for recognition. It is not possible for us to give it to them," he said at the valedictory function of the ninth State-level educational seminar organised by the Karnataka Unaided School Managements' Association (KUSMA).

Mr. Bhaskariah said the department has simplified procedure for recognition and registration of schools. Once the educational institutions meet all the infrastructure requirements imposed by the Government, the conditional recognition given to them for the first three years will be made permanent, he added.

There are 4,000 unaided educational institutions in Karnataka, teaching over 25 lakh children and providing employment opportunities to thousands of teachers. KUSMA members appealed to the Government to change certain clauses in the Education Act that referred to registration of schools and the addition of sections to classes.

V.R.N. Reddy, vice-president of KUSMA, said that it is difficult to get the Education Department sanction additional classes for schools. "The officials always harass us about addition of class sections and never make its approval easy for us."

In response, Mr. Bhaskariah said the department has issued a memo to all officers to allow for expansion of school strength easily. He said the newly introduced trimester system is doing well in all institutions. "It allows the teachers and students to focus and finish their portions on time."

KUSMA members also urged the Government to give land for the association to start a new office, form a separate directorate to look after unaided schools and allow managements to fix their own tuition fee.

M. Krishnappa, MLC, said he will consider KUSMA's request for land to establish a larger organisation.

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