Steps needed to boost enrolment in government schools in Karnataka: Minister Madhu Bangarappa

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Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Madhu Bangarappa addressing media successful  Kalaburagi connected  January 7, 2026.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Madhu Bangarappa addressing media successful Kalaburagi connected January 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Madhu Bangarappa directed officials to instrumentality factual steps to further summation pupil enrolment successful authorities schools successful Karnataka, citing the improved facilities and world enactment present disposable successful the nationalist acquisition system.

Chairing a district-level reappraisal gathering of the Education section successful Kalaburagi connected January 7, the Minister said the instauration of LKG and UKG classes, and the motorboat of bilingual-medium schools had already led to an summation successful enrolment. Officials indispensable physique connected this momentum, helium added.

Mr. Bangarappa said Karnataka Public Schools (KPS), offering integrated acquisition from LKG to people 12 nether 1 roof, were being expanded successful the district. While Kalaburagi has 14 KPSs, 53 much person been sanctioned nether the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board for the 2025-26 world year.

Referring to world performance, the Minister said respective measures were being implemented to amended SSLC results successful 2025-26. Under the ‘Mission 40+’ initiative, the territory is expected to grounds amended outcomes this year.

The State spends astir ₹46,000 crore connected education, helium said, and stressed that officials indispensable guarantee prime teaching truthful that much students unafraid bully results successful the SSLC examination, without immoderate pupil being neglected.

He directed the convening of a peculiar meeting, to beryllium chaired by the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, to code issues related to enrolment and to guarantee that eligible children are brought into schools.

Guest teachers should beryllium appointed wherever required to prolong world performance, helium added.

Mr. Bangarappa suggested the Deputy Commissioner and the Zilla Panchayat CEO organise consciousness programmes to further amended results successful the district. Smart classrooms should beryllium provided successful authorities schools wherever necessary, and Block Education Officers indispensable regularly sojourn schools to measure ground-level conditions.

Expressing interest implicit declining enrolment and results astatine the pre-university level, helium called for strict measures to amended some admissions and performance.

He said that coaching for NEET and JEE examinations had been introduced successful pre-university colleges, and urged officials to guarantee that much students payment from the initiative.

Published - January 08, 2026 12:26 p.m. IST

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