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Public Examination for standard VII : With a view to improve the standard of education and to introduce greater accountability among teachers, public examination system was introduced for the VII standard from the academic year 1996-97. During the year 199899 a total of 7,77.818 students appeared for the same of which 6,97,522 (89,68%) passed.
TCH/B.Ed. Course admission centralised : In order to improve the quality in the intake of teachers, centralised admission system based on merit-cum-roster was introduced for the TCH and B.Ed. Courses from the academic year 1997-98.
The nomenclature of TCH' has been replaced by 'D Ed' (of 2 Y2 years duration) meaning Diploma in Education for 2003-04. A pass in PUC (or equivalent exam) with 50% marks is a pre-requisite and students will be sent to primary schools with junior, senior grades for practical training. During 2003-04, a total of 2,39,978 teachers were trained in the state for the said year.
Computerisation at Primary level: The department of education has made computers quite popoular among school children through its 'Mahiti sindhu' programme. This programme provides free computer knowledge to Urban children as well as rural children. About 1,000 children of the eighth, nineth, and tenth classes are benefited by it. A total of 210 crores spread over a period of five years (from 2000-01 to 200405) has been spent on it by the government.
Mobile Schools : To provide educational opportunities to slum children and drop-outs, Mobile School System was started on an experimental basis during 1999-2000 with the help of KSRTC. The objective of the system was to bring such children to the main stream of learning and to inculcate school going habit in them. During the year, four Mobile Schools were started in four buses which were converted as classrooms, with a total expenditure of 5.15 lakhs, and about 180 children were benefited from the scheme.
For the year 2003-04, the number of mobile schools has been increased from four to eight at a cost of 10 lakhs under the ' Sarva Shikshan Abhiyaan' programme. A total of 454 children were studying in such schools for the
year 2003-04.
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