Chief Minister Siddaramaiah instructs School Education Dept. to start tender process to open 800 KPS

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Minister for School Education and Literacy S. Madhu Bangarappa, astatine  a gathering  connected  the issues of the School Education and Literacy Department astatine  Home Office Krishna in Bengaluru connected  Wednesday.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Minister for School Education and Literacy S. Madhu Bangarappa, astatine a gathering connected the issues of the School Education and Literacy Department astatine Home Office Krishna in Bengaluru connected Wednesday.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed the officials of the School Education and Literacy Department to commencement the tender process to unfastened 800 Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) crossed the State.

During the reappraisal gathering of the section connected Wednesday, helium said that the KPS task volition beryllium launched successful Shivamogga connected June 1, 2026. Around 1,200 children volition person admittance successful 1 KPS, and acquisition volition beryllium provided successful Kannada and English mean from LKG to II Pre-University Course (PUC). “All 800 KPS should beryllium afloat prepared successful the adjacent 2 years,” helium said.

The Chief Minister besides instructed officials to taxable a connection to the Finance section instantly for the recruitment of 15,000 teachers. “The shortage of teachers is impacting the prime of acquisition astatine authorities schools, and it should beryllium addressed immediately,” helium said.

However, officials informed the Chief Minister that they were awaiting solution of the interior preservation issue, and, with the Cabinet present clearing it, they volition incorporated it, taxable a connection to the Finance Department, and contented a notification.

According to section officials, they volition beryllium capable to implicit the recruitment process wrong 100 days aft they get a motion from the Finance Department.

During the meeting, Mr. Siddaramaiah besides discussed the results of SSLC and II PUC this year. He appreciated the teachers and section officials for the historical results.

He besides instructed officials to instrumentality indispensable steps to administer escaped textbooks on with escaped notebooks to students successful schools and PU colleges.

School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa, section Principal Secretary Rashmi Mahesh and others were present.

Published - May 20, 2026 09:12 p.m. IST

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