Special enrolment drive starts for government primary schools that will have bilingual medium of education from this year

The School Literacy and Education Department connected Wednesday started a peculiar thrust to enrol students for authorities superior schools, which volition person a bilingual mean of acquisition (Kannada and English), from this world year.

Dakshina Kannada is among the 15 districts successful the State wherever bilingual teaching successful authorities superior schools volition commencement from the 2026-27 world year.

Talking to reporters present connected Wednesday, Block Education Officers of Mangaluru South and Mangaluru North H.R. Eshwar and James Cutinho said from Wednesday they started visiting houses successful agrarian and municipality areas to promote parents to enrol their wards to 560 authorities superior schools successful the district. They volition besides person parents to enrol their wards to the 20 Pradhan Mantri School For Rising India (PMSHRI) and 9 Karnataka Public Schools successful the district.

The thrust volition beryllium held astatine the artifact level connected May 15, astatine the hobli level connected May 18, and astatine the clump level connected May 20, the 2 officials said.

Mr. Eshwar said arsenic a portion of the thrust they person been fixed a people to summation the enrolment by 5% and 10% successful superior schools and KPS/PMSHRI schools, respectively, successful 2025-26.

The 2 officials said the teachers person been trained to thatch bilingually successful superior schools. The students volition person books that volition person substance successful Kannada and English.