Hindi and Arabic Education :

Schools comes under the control of this Directorate :

Sl. No.	Medium of Instruction	Primary Schools	High Schools	No. of Hindi Vidyalayas
1	Hindi	0	0	86
2	Arabic	323	9 colleges	0

As regards to   Arabic Madarasas and Colleges, Government of Karnataka has  a separate Grant –in – Aid rules  in their order No. ED 15 CSP 79 dated: 20.6.1979  have released grants to 103 Arabic Schools.   This financial assistance is  released for the salary of teachers of these traditional Madarasas.  There are 323 Arabic Madarasas in the state.  Of which 103 are aided and 220 are Unaided Arabic Schools are opened and run in Bombay Karnataka  and Hyderbad Karnataka  areas like Belguam , Bijapur, Karwar, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Bidar and  Bellary districts in the state.  There are 09 Arabic College  in the state of which 03 are aided and 06 are unaided.

Modernisation of Madarasas :

The Government  of India has introduced a scheme to encourage  traditional institutions like Madarasas to modernize their curriculum. 

A grant of Rs. 19,97,600-00 have been released  for 119 Arabic Madarasas in the state.  Under this scheme, subjects like Science, Social Science and English are taught.  Teachers are appointed on a consolidated salary of Rs. 2200/- per month.  An amount of Rs. 4000/- is allotted to each Madarasas to purchase science equipments.   73 approved teachers are working in these Madarasas.  This has been extended to 1999-2000 and Govt has released  salary to the 73 teachers at the rate of Rs. 3,000/- per teacher per month.  During 2000-2001,  5 months salary to 73 teachers  at the rate of Rs. 3000/- per teacher is released.  During 2001-02, Govt. have permitted to utilize the balance amount of previous years.  This balance amount Rs. 6,81,547 + 2,52,000=9.33 lakhs  has been released for the salary of  teachers.  This amount  has been again released to the Divisional Joint Directors for disbursement of salary to teachers. 

Proposal has been sent to the Govt.  to release Rs. 68.43 lakhs towards the salary of 72 teachers  from 2002-2003 to 2004-05.  An amount of Rs. 77.41  lakhs has been released vide G.O. No.  Ed 325 MCD 2004 dated 30.10.2006.  This amount has been released to the Joint Director of Belguam, Gulbarga and Bangalore Division for disbursement of  salary to teachers.

An amount of Rs.53,19,700-00 from  this  amount is paid  as salary to 51 eligible Arabic Teachers from 2002-03 to 2004-05, and an amount of Rs. /24.21 lakhs- is kept aside  as salary  to the rest of 21 teachers for the year 2005-06.  And permission  is asked from the government  to permit to pay the said salary.  Utilisation  Certificate  is also submitted in this regard.  Further,  proposal has been sent to the Govt. for the release of Rs. 73.44 lakhs ( including the balance of Rs. 24.21 lakhs ) for the payment of salary to these  teachers for the period  2005-06 to 2008-09. 
         

Modernisation of Madarasa scheme is recasted and reintroduced by the Central Govt, under the d11th five year plan as Scheme for Providing Quality Education Guidelines of the scheme and the formats are sent  to all the DDPI’s of the state to take further  necessary action.  Proposals  received  by the districts  will be scrutinized  and will be approved  by the  State Grant-in Aid- Committee  headed by the Commissioner of Public Instruction.  

Hindi Vidyalayas :

To develop Hindi language in non Hindi speaking areas of the State, Govt. of Karnataka vide its Order No. ED 15 PHN 76 dated: 26.7.1979 has made provision to  open Hindi Vidyalayas in the State.  There are 86 Hindi Vidyalayas in the State, of which 80 vidyalayas are getting partial grants, 6 institutions are unaided, further  5 voluntary organizations are conducting  Hindi examinations and issuing certificates to the students.

In co-ordination with the Kendriya Hindi  Samsthan , Agra, the state is  running  Hindi Parangath College at Mysore.  State Govt. is meeting the expenditures of the staff like salaries, Travelling allowances, contingencies etc.,  As per the NCTE norms 60  candidates  are admitted per year.  Of which  20 seats  are  reserved  for inservice candidates  and 40 seats for private candidates.                                                

Further, under the scheme of financial assistance for appointment of Hindi teachers in Non Hindi speaking states grants are being released from the GOI towards payment of salaries to these teachers since 1998-99