Recruitment of 18,000 teachers for government and aided schools underway, Madhu Bangarappa

The process of recuiting 18,000 teachers successful the State — 12,000 for authorities schools and 6,000 for authorities aided schools — is underway, said Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa.

Participating successful the centenary celebrations of Government Higher Primary School astatine Beluru Kusuburu colony successful Somwarpet taluk successful Kodagu territory connected Saturday (November 8, 2025), Mr. Bangarappa said the authorities volition soon instrumentality up the assignment of selected teachers to authorities and authorities aided schools successful the State.

With a presumption to fortify authorities schools successful Karnataka, the State Government had introduced pre-primary classes similar Lower Kindergarten and Upper Kindergarten (LKG and UKG) successful authorities schools.

Karnataka Public Schools

The authorities had besides approved the establishiment of astir 900 Karnataka Public Schools (KPS), which are model-government-run schools that supply acquisition from pre-primary similar LKG and UKG close upto 2nd Pre University (II PUC) nether 1 extortion with options for English and Kannada medium.

One KPS schoolhouse volition travel up successful the jurisdiction of each Gram Panchayat successful the authorities and the authorities volition guarantee escaped proscription to the students, Mr. Bangarappa said.

Assurign precedence to prime acquisition successful authorities schools, the Minister for School Education said caller buildings volition beryllium constructed wherever required portion energy is being supplied escaped of outgo to authorities schools. Also, peculiar classes are being held successful the evenings to amended prime and show of the students, helium said.

Three-tiered introspection argumentation

A full of 1.16 crore students are presently studying successful Lower Kindergarten to Class 12 successful government, aided and unaided schools successful the State. While determination are a full of 46,000 authorities schools, determination are 57,000 aided schools.

While CCTV cameras were being installed to show SSLC and II PUC examinations, Mr. Bangarappa said a three-tiered introspection argumentation has been implemented successful the authorities truthful that the students are not affected and examinations are conducted astatine 25-day intervals. “Under this system, a full of 1.16 lakh students had passed this year,” helium said.

Madikeri MLA Manthar Gowda said teachers had a large work successful shaping the aboriginal of students. While Government schools were improving, helium called upon the teachers to marque sincere efforts to supply prime education.

Pointing retired that erstwhile Chief Minister R. Gundu Rao had completed his superior acquisition astatine the Beluru Government School and went connected to go the state’s CM, Mr. Gowda said galore students from the schoolhouse were employed successful antithetic places crossed India and abroad.

Deputy Director of Pre University (DDPU), Kodagu, Chidananda Murthy and Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI), Kodagu, Basavaraju were besides contiguous connected the occasion.