Karnataka > Education Systems
Compulsory Primary Education: For 2003-04 an amount of 30.00 lakhs was allotted for the implementation of compulsory primary education and a total of 0.58 lakh students in the age group of six to 14 years were enrolled in schools.
Free education for girls: This scheme of free education for girls studying in government schools from standard one to seven was implemented during 2002-03. To improve admission to schools during 2003-04, a total of Rs. 290.00 lakh was spent on the refund of fee for girls studying in fifth, sixth and seventh standards. A total of 11.60 girls availed this benefit.
New Schools:- For the benefit of those children living in the areas without schooling facilities, 390 new government primary schools were started and 530 Junior primary schools were upgraded as Senior primary schools, during
2003-04.
Free School bags: To encourage girls belonging to SC and ST categories studying from standards fifth to seventh, during the said year, 2.35 lakh bags were distributed at a cost Rs. 250.00 lakhs.
Free Text books: A total of 65.78 students were given free text books at a cost of Rs. 1530.00 lakhs for the said year.
Free Uniforms: For the supply of free Uniforms to Primary school children an amount of Rs. 3150.00 lakhs was spent and the number of beneficiaries was 66.84 students (34.45 boy and 32.39 girls) during 2003-04.
Free Mid-day meal programme : In order to encourage attendance in schools, to reduce the number of drop-outs, to contribute to the health of children and to improve the capacity of learning among children, Mid-day meal programme that was begun on the 15th August 1995 for rural children and was extended to towns and cities also during 1997-98. This programme was named 'Akshara Daasoha' during 2003-04 and extended to the entire state. A total of 202 crore was allotted for this programme for in said year and the total number pf beneficiaries was 50,27,497.
School Drop-Outs: The percentage of drop outs from standard one to five that was 8.90% during 2002-03, reduced to 8.39% for 2003-04. From standard Six to Seven also, it got reduced to 7.77% for 2003-04 that stood at 8.57% during 2002-03.
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