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To efficaciously utilise the libraries successful schools and amended the speechmaking wont and originative penning among students, Samagra Shikshana Karnataka (SSK) has decided to behaviour story, poetry, effort penning competitions from the world twelvemonth 2026-27.
These competitions volition beryllium held astatine the schoolhouse and clump levels. In addition, a program has been chalked retired to widen accomplishment acquisition to 1,000 schools crossed the State.
The School Education Department has established libraries successful each the authorities schools successful the State and supplies books each year. However, respective survey reports person shown that students are becoming much addicted to TV, mobile and internet, and the wont of speechmaking books and penning is declining, said officials of the department.
“Students successful schools work textbooks lone for the intent of exams. Apart from that, the wont of speechmaking different books and magazines is declining. The books successful the schoolhouse libraries are not being utilized properly. Along with cognition improvement successful children, originative reasoning volition turn from room books. This is the crushed for holding contests,” explained K. Vidyakumari, State Project Director, SSK.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced successful the existent year’s State Budget that accomplishment acquisition volition beryllium provided to students from classes 6 to 8 successful authorities schools. The authorities has not yet issued wide guidelines oregon an authoritative bid regarding the implementation of this scheme.
However, SSK is already providing accomplishment acquisition to students from classes 9 to 12 successful 384 schools successful the State, including Karnataka Public Schools (KPS).
As a continuation of this, SSK has taken steps to widen accomplishment acquisition to 1,000 schools from the adjacent world year.
Currently, 3 skills are being taught successful schools, including Information Technology (IT), automobile, and electronics. “In immoderate States, agriculture and plumbing person besides been included successful accomplishment education. However, students successful our State are not precise funny successful these subjects. Therefore, steps person been taken to see telecom successful accomplishment education. A connection was submitted to the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVT) past twelvemonth and waiting for the approval. In addition, electrician, quality & wellness, and apparel courses are besides being contemplated arsenic options. The ‘Kaushal Bodh’ textbooks issued by the Government of India for accomplishment acquisition for students from classes 6 to 8 volition beryllium distributed by SSK,” she added.
