Six govt schools from undivided DK get heritage tag

Mangaluru: Six government Kannada schools from undivided Dakshina Kannada are among 100 schools in Karnataka which have been selected for the prestigious heritage tag.
All these six schools are over a century old and have good student enrolment. In the first phase, the government, through the department of public instructions, will release Rs 2.5 lakh for their development and upgradation. The aim of the tag is to preserve as well as develop them for future generations.

Sheshashayana K, DDPI, Udupi, said the district has 64 schools which have completed 100 years and of these, Board High School, Kundapura; Kuvempu Model Higher Primary School, Thekkatte and Brahmavara Primary School have been selected. “The government has selected them based on enrolment. The grants released in the first phase for development and restoration will reach the respective SDMCs and they will undertake necessary work,” he said.

Of over 1,000 schools in the state which have completed 100 years, 75 primary and 25 high schools have been selected for the tag.

In Dakshina Kannada

Of government schools in Dakshina Kannada district, Vittal Government Model Higher Primary School, set up in 1879, and Uppinangady Government Model Higher Primary School, built in 1836, have been selected. The Sampaje Government High School, which came up in 1912, has also got the tag.

Dakshina Kannada has 2,070 government Kannada-medium schools. Of these, three high schools and 74 primary schools have completed 100 years.

Sources said in the first phase, school authorities will focus on repair of infrastructure as some schools are in a dilapidated state. Meanwhile, selected schools have been asked prepare to a detailed book providing history and chronicle of events at their institutions.