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The Kindergarten system of education or the pre-primary education that served as a stepping stone for primary education had become popular as early as 1900. Children who had learnt to speak were admitted to these schools without much consideration of their age. Pre-primary education was generally imparted in nursery schools attached to a few primary schools. In the erstwhile Mysore State it was done mostly by private agencies. In 1957 the government constituted a committee to study the question of pre-primary education. As per the recommendations of the Committee, this education came to be imparted systematically in pre-primary schools. During 1979-80 there were 3,118 pre-primary schools in the state with 1,90,737 children in them. Under the Centrally-sponsored Integrated Child Development Services, non-formal pre-school education is given to children below six years of age. For 1999-2000 in the 175 taluks of the state, 28,85,979 beneficiaries are covered. In order to encourage community support, a school adoption programme called "Dattu Yojane" has been introduced in government schools recently. The "Samudayadatta Shale" programme brings schools closer to the community.
In the present system of pre-primary education, children who have attained 3 years and ten months of age are eligible for admission to Lower Kindergarten (L.K.G.), so that by the time they complete their Upper Kindergarten (U.K.G.), having attained 5 years and 10 months of age, they become eligible for admission to the first standard.
Primary education was recommended to be an integrated course of seven years by the Education Integration Advisory Committee. The four years of primary and four years of Middle School education was combined to form an integrated course of eight years. A common syllabus was framed and introduced in a phased manner beginning with 1959-60, so that by 1962-63, all primary schools in the State had a uniform curriculum and syllabus. As per this revised syllabus, in addition to the inclusion of three languages as per the Three-Language Formula, Kannada was introduced as a compulsory subject from the third standard to the sixth for the non-Kannada pupils. While Health education formed a part of science syllabus, moral education was made compulsory and physical education syllabus was strengthened. This revised syllabus was implemented from 1974-75.
During 1955-56 there were 22,803 primary schools (including Senior Primary and Basic Schools) with a total student strength of 19,17,258. By 1981-82, the total number of Primary Schools was 35,549 with a total enrolment of 51,73,621 children in them. They were taught by 1,17,686 teachers of whom 1,05,751 were trained and the rest, untrained. In the next decade, the number of schools was 40,345 with a total of 71,90,963 children who were taught by 1,35,609 teachers of whom 1,30,987 were trained. During 1993-94 there was a total of 41,684 schools, where a total of 77,56,598 children studied. The total number of teachers for the said year was 1,45,068 of whom 1,39,331 were trained. The total number of Lower Primary schools for the year 1999-2000 was 24,042 which included 22,154 government, 378 aided and 1,519 unaided ones. For the same year, the total number of Higher Primary schools was 25,570 of which were 20,814 government, 2,,058 aided and 2698 unaided schools. For the above said total of 49,612 schools, there was a total of 2,09,839 teachers of whom 1,73,120 were in government, 18,250 in aided and 18,467 in unaided schools. The total number of children in the said schools for the same year was 1,73,340. The enrolment rate from I to VII standards was 82.96%, the drop-out rate was 40.46%.
For the year 2003-04, there were a total of 26,394 (24,534 Government, 342 aided and 1518 Unaided) Junior Primary Schools and 24,869 (18,798 Government, 2224 aided and 3,847 Unaided) Senior Primary Schools in the state. In both the above categories of schools, a total of 2,54,824 (1,96,558 Government, 17,777 aided and 40,489 Unaided) teachers were working. There A total of 83,87,452 (43,53,176 boys and 40,34,276 girls) students were studying for the said year from standard one to seven. Related Information on Education of Karnataka Education Systems
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