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Wednesday, Jun 01, 2005

Karnataka

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150 schools to be closed down

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: As many as 150 primary and secondary schools in Bangalore, which are being run without approval, have been ordered to be closed down, the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, R. Ramalinga Reddy, said here on Tuesday.

He told presspersons that action will also be taken against illegal schools in the rest of the State. He said 75 schools each in Bangalore North and Bangalore South education districts have been closed down. Block education officers and deputy directors of public instruction will be made responsible for ensuring that no unauthorised school operates in the areas of their jurisdiction.

While 150 schools have been closed down, 53 other schools have taken the option to make a deposit of Rs. 5 lakhs pending approval, and they will soon be declared as authorised schools.

Mr. Reddy said that with the Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation having delivered uniforms, 60 per cent of the requirement has been met. The powerloom suppliers will deliver the rest in 15 days.

Textbooks printed by the Government Press are ready "100 per cent," Mr. Reddy said. The private agencies are almost ready, and there is time till July when the first trimester begins. Students will not have to go without textbooks, he added.

Introduction of English

About the study of English as a language in government schools, the Minister said there is a possibility of introducing it from first standard from the current academic year in the event of the zilla and taluk panchayat polls being put off, Mr. Reddy said.

This time, though five per cent of employees could have been transferred, only 3.5 per cent of them were transferred on the basis of need, and unnecessary transfers were avoided, he added.

On the move of the traffic police to impose a fine of Rs. 400 on parents who take their children to school in two-wheelers or cars, Mr. Reddy said he will meet police officials and ask them to reconsider the decision. The traffic police have come up with various measures to ease traffic congestion during peak hours and encourage use of public transport. They are persuading schools to open at 8.30 a.m.

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