Minister Timmapur launches cash deposit initiative to attract students to govt schools
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Even with all this luring, there have been instances of enrollment of students to primary schools, especially govt Kannada Primary Schools in Karnataka being poor. Several Govt Kannada Primary Schools in many villages of Bagalkot district are facing acute shortage of students, to the extent that the department of primary and secondary education is forced to think of merging some schools with other nearby schools.
In villages like Uttur, Hanagandi, Shirol and others, school enrollment has been very poor. The 108 year-old Govt Kannada Primary School in Uttur is the alma mater of excise minister RB Timmapur, who is also the minister in-charge of Bagalkot district. Concerned over the fate of the century-old school where the student strength has dipped to 175, Timmapur has come out with a new scheme to ensure that the children are attracted to the school.
Using his clout as the excise minister, Timmapur has roped in United Breweries (UB) Company to provide funds under corporate social responsibility (CSR) to his 'Deposit' scheme to attract the students to join the school. The scheme will be implemented in all the govt Kannada primary schools.
Under the 'Deposit' scheme, Rs 2,000 will be deposited in the name of the child that gets enrolled to class 1 in govt kannada primary school.
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Head master of Uttur Kannada primary school, Ashok Bagoji said UB Company has come forward to construct 20 class rooms at a cost of Rs 2 crore under CSR. 'Deposit' scheme is expected to get good response, he said.
Just a few years ago, more than 400 children used to study at the Govt model school in Shirol but the strength now has come down to 205. The school development monitoring committee has decided to deposit Rs 1,000 in the name of each child getting admitted to class 1.
Motivated by the minister's initiative, several teachers in other primary schools have come forward to deposit money in the name of the children being admitted. In Hanagandi, head master RL Pattar is depositing Rs 1,000 in the name of the child from his own earnings while in Alahur school, another teacher BS Aravatti has chipped into deposit money. SDMC members have also come forward to deposit money in several other schools.
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