50 schools in Karnataka will get KV-like facilities

HUBBALLI: Fifty public schools in Karnataka will be equipped with additional infrastructure to allow quality education on the lines of the Kendriya Vidyalayas. The state government has allocated Rs 100 crore for the technological upgrade of these schools.
So far, infrastructure in three public schools in the district has been upgraded. Construction of new school buildings is being carried out by the Public Works Department.
Under the project, renovation of the public school at Karadigudda in Dharwad has been completed at a cost of Rs 2 crore. Work for the upgrade had started in 2021 and new infrastructure includes a library, science room, laboratories and a sports room.
SP Ankali, the headmaster at KPS, Karadigudda, Dharawd, said the new building will be inaugurated on February 24. Union minister Pralhad Joshi is likely to attend the inauguration, he added.
Work on two other schools in Dharwad with similar facilities will soon be completed, officials said.
Shanamuk Swamy Keladimath, the deputy director of public instruction (DDPI), said that three schools - KPS Bammigatti of Kalghatagi taluk, KPS Shalavadi of Navalgund taluk and KPS Karadigudda of Dharwad taluk - had been chosen by the government for the development programme.
SM Hudedamani, the deputy project coordinator for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, said facilities were being developed in public schools in order to ensure that pupils enrolled with the institutions do not have to move to other schools for better facilities and complete their entire academic journey in one school.