Karnataka > Revaluation of Answer Scripts and Issuance of Photo Copies
For the first time in the history of PU education, the revolutionary system of issuing photo copies of second PU valued answer scripts to students in four science subjects was introduced during 1997-98 and the same was extended to other subjects also in a phased manner.
New Colleges : To provide Pre-University education near the residence of students, private managements are permitted during 2003-04 to begin new Pre-University colleges. Permission is accorded to start 113 new Pre-University colleges with Science subject combination.
New Text books : Under the able guidance of educational experts, new texts have been brought out with revised syllabus keeping abreast the modern trend and approaches. They are already being taught during the academic
year 2004-05.
Vocational Education : During 2003-04, the total of 26,867 candidates who appeared for different subjects of the I year JOC, 20,009 passed and of the 18,773 second year candidates, 14,756 passed. Collegiate Education : The first ever institution of higher education in the entire Karnataka territory was the Second Grade College started by the Madras Government at Mangalore in 1869. The Government High School of Bangalore was upgraded into a College in 1870 and was named 'Central College' in 1875. The Mysore Maharaja's High School and the Shimoga Government High school prepared candidates for the F.A. examination of the Madras University in 1879. The Jesuits started St. Aloysius College at Mangalore in 1879 and the St. Joseph's College at Bangalore in 1882. The Maharaja's Second Grade College founded in 1864 at Mysore was upgraded into a First Grade College in 1902 and was affiliated to the Madras University. The Mysore University was established in 1916, and the First Engineering College was begun by this University in 1917 at Bangalore and a Medical College in 1924 at Bangalore. Subsequently it was shifted to Mysore in 1930. The Mysore Maharani's College, the only college for women in the state then, (1901) was upgraded into a First Grade College in 1920. Dharwad had The Karnatak College started in 1917 and Lingaraj College was started by the K.L.E. Society at Belgaum in 1933. The National College and The Basappa College were started by private agencies at Bangalore in 1945. By 1956, the erstwhile Mysore State had 14 First Grade Colleges, 14 intermediate colleges and 14 professional colleges. The Directorate of Collegiate Education was established in 1960 to bring about uniformity in the administration of colleges of general education, By then, there was a total of 42 colleges of which 17 were Government and 25 were private, with a total of 27,338 students.
During 1994-95, there was a total of 679 degree colleges in the state. Among them were 136 Government Colleges, 267 Private Aided Colleges and 276 Un-aided Colleges. The total number of students in them for 1992-93 was - 4,81,920 (3,02,711 boys and 1,79,209 girls) and for 1993-94, the total was 4,36,128 with 2,70,536 boys and 1,65,592 girls.
Regional Offices of Collegiate Education were established at Bangalore, Dharwad and Mysore in 1980, Mangalore and Gulbarga in 1985 and Shimoga
in 1996.
During 1999-2000 the total no. of degree colleges was 935 (151, government, 300 aided and 484 unaided). The total number of students in them was 4,23,565.
A total of 998 First Grade Colleges were functioning in the State during 2003-04 affiliated to the six universities that included the Government Law College, Kolar. Among the others were, 165 Government First Grade Colleges, 300 Private aided First Grade Colleges and 532 Private Unaided First Colleges. Regional Offices at Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Shimoga, Dharwad and Gulbarga each under a Joint Director are in charge of their region and are controlled by the Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Bangalore.
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