1000 new schools to get Govt aid from this academic year: Minister

August 27, 2011

Mangalore, August 27: All schools which have started operation between the years 1991-95 will be eligible for the government aid, according to Vishweshawara Hegde Kageri, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education.

Addressing the media persons at Sri Ramakrishna Mutt here on Saturday, he said over 1000 schools around the state will be eligible for the aid from this academic year.

The State Government is making all possible efforts to ensure that every child gets education in the state. “We have made the admission of all children aged 5 years and 10 months compulsory. Distribution of books, uniforms and other facilities for students have achieved considerable success”, he said.

“As part of the BJP led Government's education programmes, we have started this academic year with the slogan 'Proactive Administration for Effective Education'”, he revealed.

Answering questions about the implementation of Right to Education in the state he said that RTE was in effect 'in principle', in the state. “Central government has asked us to spend from the state treasury for RTE, but we have asked the Centre to fund it. State government has several restrictions when it comes to spending. We are also trying to maintain one teacher to 30 students' ratio” he said.

Responding to queries about continued donation menace in schools, the minister said that anyone can complain against institutions demanding donation with the DC or educational officers of the area.

However, ICSE and CBSE schools are beyond the jurisdiction of the state educational board, he said adding that State Government has demanded the centre to bring these schools under state education board to check the donation menace.

He lamented on the decrease in the admission in Kannada medium schools and ensured that government will work towards popularising primary education in Kannada. He also said that government is not allowing any new English medium schools in the state.

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Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha under Rule 377, Chowta said studies by the National Institute of Oceanography have identified the Mangaluru coastline as part of India’s promising offshore wind ‘Zone-2’, covering nearly 6,490 sq km. He noted that the region’s relatively low exposure to cyclones and earthquakes makes it suitable for long-term offshore wind projects and called for its development as a dedicated offshore wind energy zone.

Highlighting the role of New Mangalore Port, Chowta said its modern infrastructure, multiple berths and heavy cargo-handling capacity position it well as a logistics hub for transporting and assembling large wind energy equipment.

He also pointed to the presence of major industrial units such as MRPL, OMPL, UPCL and the Mangaluru SEZ, which could serve as direct buyers of green power through power purchase agreements, improving project viability and speeding up execution.

With Karnataka’s peak power demand crossing 18,000 MW in early 2025, Chowta stressed the need to diversify renewable energy sources. He added that offshore wind projects in the Arabian Sea are strategically safer compared to the cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal.

Calling the project vital to India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Chowta urged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to initiate resource assessments, pilot projects and stakeholder consultations at the earliest.

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