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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.
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Adopted School in Udupi District |
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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. |
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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: |
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Provision of water and toilet facilities to the
school separately for boys and girls. |
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Construction and renovation of existing
building. |
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Provision for developing school garden, fencing
or compound wall. |
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Provision of equipment and furniture. |
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Providing computers/funding for computer
training of students. |
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Strengthening of Laboratory and Library. |
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Developing of play ground/provision of play
materials |
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Training of teachers to improve quality of
teaching |
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Training of students to develop various skills,
leadership, etc. |
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Sponsoring students/ teachers for educational
visits/sports meets. |
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Adopting girl children/SC-ST and minority
children. |
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Sponsoring cultural, literary and scientific
activities in the school |
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Giving scholarship to needy students. |
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Providing nutritional food as mid-day meals to
children, |
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Adoption of slums near the school. |
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Encouraging vocational job oriented activities
as part of co-curricular activities. |
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Adoption of orphans studying in the school. |
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Taking up at least one activity-scout and
guides, sevadal, Junior Red Cross, NCC, Science Clubs, Environmental
awareness camps, citizenship training camps, etc. |
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Running Balawadis for Pre-school children. |
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Taking up Remedial classes for first generation
and economically and socially backward children. |
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Involving
parents in development activities of the school. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Student sponsorship |
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Drinking water and sanitation |
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Building school infrastructure |
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Maintenance of playgrounds |
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Upgrading libraries, laboratories, and computer labs |
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Encouraging parental and community participation
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Personality and leadership development programmes
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Capacity building. |
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Incentive based programmes- mid-day meals |
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Co- curricular activities like science exhibitions, health
camps etc; |
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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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LET US JOIN HANDS
MAKE OUR SCHOOLS
CENTRES OF JOYFUL LEARNING
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