Over 90% of the budget for School Education in Karnataka is spent on salaries to Government primary and secondary school teachers and as grant-in-aid to aided institutions, leaving very little for development of infrastructure in government schools.  There are an estimated 2.5 million children who are not enrolled or dropped out from schools and, even as efforts are being made to bring them to school, the need for additional resources has been growing rapidly.
Adopted  School in Udupi District
We have begun the process of transforming school education in Karnataka by the active involvement of donors, non-government organizations and corporate sectors through the “School Adoption Programme” which we launched at the beginning of the new millennium. This paradigm shift in our policy has yielded satisfying results. In the last two years more than eight thousand schools have been adopted and an estimated 60 crore rupees has been spent on incentives, mid-day meals, infrastructure and technology.
Under this programme the donors can select any school and prepare a ‘programme of action’ for a specific period for the all round development of the school or select specific areas of intervention aimed at improving the educational system of the school.  They can then enter into a *Memorandum of Understanding with the department for the implementation of the action plan.  The following is a suggestive list of priority actions that can be considered by potential donors under the ‘*School Adoption programme:
Provision of water and toilet facilities to the school separately for boys and girls. Construction and renovation of existing building. Provision for developing school garden, fencing or compound wall. Provision of equipment and furniture. Providing computers/funding for computer training of students. Strengthening of Laboratory and Library. Developing of play ground/provision of play materials Training of teachers to improve quality of teaching Training of students to develop various skills, leadership, etc. Sponsoring students/ teachers for educational visits/sports meets. Adopting girl children/SC-ST and minority children. Sponsoring cultural, literary and scientific activities in the school Giving scholarship to needy students. Providing nutritional food as mid-day meals to children, Adoption of slums near the school. Encouraging vocational job oriented activities as part of co-curricular activities. Adoption of orphans studying in the school. Taking up at least one activity-scout and guides, sevadal, Junior Red Cross, NCC, Science Clubs, Environmental awareness camps, citizenship training camps, etc. Running Balawadis for Pre-school children. Taking up Remedial classes for first generation and economically and socially backward children. Involving parents in development activities of the school.
The response to this initiative has been very encouraging so far and resources valued at about Rs.200 Crores have been raised.  The lion’s share of the effort has come from Dakshina Kannada, which has raised resources worth over half of this amount.  It also happens to be the most educationally forward district in the state. Other districts with notable achievements are Belgaum, Bangalore North, Gadag, Udupi, Shimoga and Bangalore South
School  Adoption Programme . . . .            Constitute the activities mentioned below. Your contributions will be used to build India’s Children-India’s future in schools in the area of
Student sponsorship Drinking water and sanitation Building school infrastructure Maintenance of playgrounds Upgrading libraries, laboratories, and computer labs Encouraging parental and community participation Personality and leadership development programmes Capacity building. Incentive based programmes- mid-day meals Co- curricular activities like science exhibitions, health camps etc;
Our esteemed Partners
What You Can Do          We earnestly request you to make quality school education a reality in India. If you would like to adopt a government school you will be requested to sign an Memorandum Of Understanding with the Deputy Directors of concerned districts or Block Education Officers.
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