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The Shivamogga territory portion of All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) has alleged that the State authorities is readying to adjacent thousands of schools successful the sanction of opening caller Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) arsenic portion of the Magnet School Scheme.
In a property league astatine Shivamogga connected December 3, Vinay Chandra, territory coordinator, said the School Education Department had prepared a database of schools to beryllium closed. Among them are 1,518 schools of Shivamogga district. “Gradually, successful spot of 46,000 schools, lone 6,000 KPS volition relation successful the State. The thought is to adjacent 40,000 schools crossed the State. The database of schools selected for closure person strengths of up to 500. Where is the request to adjacent specified schools?” helium questioned.
He recalled that Madhu Bangarappa, School Education Minister, had stated that helium would not adjacent close 1 schoolhouse successful the State. However, successful reality, the process to adjacent schools had begun. Under the aviator project, the schoolhouse astatine Honganur successful Channapatna taluk of Bengaluru South had been identified arsenic a KPS Magnet school. The authorities had already decided to merge six schools with KPS. “The schools chosen person strengths varying from 20 to 100. The authorities wants to instrumentality the aforesaid exemplary crossed the State,” helium alleged.
The AIDSO, the coordinator said, volition combat against the closure of schools and impact parents and villagers successful the movement.
