GOVERNMENT OF

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC INSTRUCTION NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, -1.

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2011-12

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS The Commissioner for Public Instruction is the Head of the Department, who controls and co-ordinates the activities of school education. All stages of school education, starting from pre-primary to secondary education, in the State come under the purview of the Department. During 2003-04 in order to decentralize administration, Commissionerates of Public Instructions have been established at Dharwad and in order to decentralize academic and administrative powers to North Karnataka Region. This to directorates will have each director cadre officer in each commissionerate office. Commissioner for public instruction will take care of Bangalore and Division along with this Seven Directorates function under the purview of this Department, each headed by a Director of Public Instruction. They are:

1. Director of Primary education. 2. Director of Secondary Education 3. Director of Urdu and other Minority Language Schools 4. Director of State Educational Research and Training and Textbooks. 5. Managing Director, Text Book Society. 6. Director of Public Instruction (Exam), K.S.E.E. Board. 7. Director of Public Instruction, (Other Exams) K.S.E.E. Board. Apart from this State Project office will take care of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, program. 34 Educational each of them managed by a Deputy Director of Public instruction. There are 204 Block Educational Officers for the blocks to manage the activities of the department. The sector-wise allocation of funds in the budget for the year 2011-12 was as follows: ( Rs.in lakhs) Sl. Sector Plan Non-Plan Total Percentage No. 1 Primary Education 119493.16 472559.28 592052.44 52.16

2 Secondary Education 76259.47 283445.20 359704.67 31.69 3 University & Higher Edn. 30263.00 113719.40 143982.40 12.69 4 Adult Education 840.00 304.82 1144.82 0.11 5 Language Development 1470.00 1588.12 3058.120 0.27 6 Other General Education 119493.16 472559.28 592052.44 3.08 Total: 263144.53 871828.79 1134973.30 100 DIRECTORATE OF PRIMARY EDUCATION The Objectives of Primary Education are as follows-  Every child in the age group of 6-14 attends school.  Every child is retained in the school from 1-8 standard and successfully completes the elementary stage of schooling.  Every child attains the minimum levels of learning.  Every teacher is regular and punctual to school.  The community is actively involved in the betterment of the schools, thereby supporting a mass campaign for primary education.  Children left out of schools in the age group of 6-14 are made to attend school through Chinnara Angala, Residential & non residential school, Mobile school etc.,  To provide quality education.

GOALS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS: 1. Increasing the State’s literacy rate . 2. Reducing the school dropout rate zero level from the present dropout rate at the elementary stage. 3. Ensuring that all children in the age group of 6-14 (both, children who have not been admitted and those who have dropped out join school) complete 5 years of schooling and attain minimum levels of learning. 4. Improving teachers’ learning and teaching standards, which will result in competent teaching. 5. Bringing about a qualitative change by, incorporating educational reforms. 6. Ensuring progressive community involvement. 7. Bringing all children who have dropped out and who have not been admitted to school, into the mainstream through special bridge course program. School education from pre-primary to higher primary school comes under the purview of the Director of Primary Education. Primary education consists of eight years of education, since eighth standard has been included in primary education from 2003-04.

The following table shows the number of schools, teachers and enrolment during 2011-12 NO. OF SCHOOLS Sl No School Government Aided Un- others Total aided 1 Lower Primary Schools 22598 228 2951 2 25779 2 Higher Primary Schools 22601 2399 8005 22 33027

NUMBER OF TEACHERS Schools Government Aided Un-aided Others Total L.P.S.and 201109 20386 82787 304282 201109 H.P.S. High School 36905 28352 56570 121827 36905 Total 238014 48738 139357 426109 238014

ENROLLMENT Class Government Aided Un-aided Others Total I to V 3041392 462683 1850052 4783 5358910 VI & VII 1639489 421574 823259 1567 2885889 Total 4680881 884257 2673311 6350 8244799 Base : Statistics Section PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE UNIVERSALAISATGION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION; To achieve the Universalisation of Elementary Education goals, the following programmes are being implemented during 2011-12. Rs.1430.00 lakhs is provided for this purpose under the state plan. The programmes to be implemented and allocation of funds to each programme is as follows: 1. Under the State Plan Rs.57.92 lakhs have been provided for MMS office maintenance during year 2011-12.. 2. Rs.40/- lakhs towards academic activities for urdu and other minority lanaguages education. 3. Rs.80/- lakhs towards EMIS development programme and to implement DISE Technique at Level. 4. Rs.250.00lakhs have been provided for conducting prathibha Karanji . 5. Rs.145.00 Lakhs have been provided for Repairs of Govt. TTIs. 6. Rs.409.28 Lakhs have been provided for E.Governance to purchase Computer Hardware, Software and to purchase Computer and accessories for the office of CPI & DDPI’s Offices.

Under the district plan for the year 2011-13, Rs.101235.54 lakhs have been allocated for following activities. 1. Extention and continuation of Akshara Dasoha Programme to all children of government and aided institutions studying in I to X Standard and Bio- Intensive Gardening and to display Akshara Dasoha Programme during 2011-12, Rs.71369.28 lakhs have been released. 2. For providing rented vehicle facility to the new BEO’s office and DDPI offices . 3. For primary schools towards reimbursement of non-government fees for girls and SC/ST students have been provided.

RATE OF DROPOUT SL.NO. CLASSES

(Government and 2010-11 2011-12 2008-09 2009-10 Aided) 1 1 to 5th Standard 6.92% 4.60% 2.09 1.19 2 1 to 7th standard 10.26% 8.10% 5.47 4.35 3 1 to 10th standards 20.05% - - -

INCENTIVE PROGRAMMES:- (a) Distribution of free School Bags: In order to reduce the dropout rate of SC/ST Boys and Girls in Government Primary Schools, good quality school Bags is given to those who are studying in 1st to 5th Std. in Government Primary Schools . During 2011-12, Rs.1,300/- lakhs have been provided for this purpose under State sector scheme.

A BRIEF NOTE ON THE PROGRAMME OF MIDDAY MEALS- AKSHARA DASOHA

Under Midday Meals Scheme 3 kilograms of rice per month for each child was given in all Government and Aided schools until 2002.03.

Then Akshara Dasoha Programme was started during the year 2002-03 in seven districts of north eastern parts of Karnataka which were identified as educationally and economically most backward areas. Under this programme children who were studying in 1-5th standards in Government primary schools were served hot cooked meals.

 During 2003-04 this programme of Midday Meals was extended to the remaining 20 districts.  This programme was further extended to Government Aided primary schools from 01-09-2004.  Further it was extended to all Government and Aided primary school children of 6th & 7th standards from 01-01-2004.  The same programme was further extended to all Government and aided Highschools from 2007-08.

Main Objectives of the Programmes : 1. To improve Enrollment/Attendance. 2. To avoid drop-outs of the students in between academic year. 3. To improve health through increasing nutrients. 4. To increase learning ability level. 5. To create National Integrety and Equalitay Feeling among students.

The number of schools covered under Midday Meals during 2010-11

Schools Government Aided Total

Primary Schools 45476 2449 47925 High Schools 4063 2805 6868

2010-11 Enrollment, Attendence and Beneficiaries.

Class Enrollment Attendence Beneficiaries 1-5 39.21 36.90 35.01 6-8 22.51 21.32 20.00 9-10 12.78 12.22 11.14 Total 74.50 70.45 66.15

The details of food grains and conversion cost given to primary and high school students(pere student/per day).

1-5 6-8 9-10 Food grains Quantity Cost Quantity Cost Quantity Cost (in Gms) (in Gms) (in Gms) Rice 100 Free # 150 Free # 150* 1.40 Dal 20 1.22 30 1.83 30 1.83 Oil 05 0.27 7.5 0.41 7.5 0.41 D.F. Salt 02 0.02 03 0.04 03 0.04 Vegetables 50 0.65 75 0.97 75 0.97 Transportation 0.01 0.01 0.01 cost Fuel 0.52 0.77 0.77

* The State Government is giving rice at APL cost.(ie. Rs.8.50/kg. # The Government of is giving rice free of cost. The details of Central and State Government Grants

Central Total Transportation Class State Government Government Cost State Central 1-5 0.67 2.02 2.69 - 75.00 6-8 1.01 3.02 4.03 - 75.00 9-10 5.43 - 5.43 75.00 - Scheduled Menu chart :-

It is instructed to prepare and give the following food menu to students.

Days of week Menu chart Monday Tuesday Rice & Dal, Vegetable Sambar Wednesday Thursday Friday Bisibelebath Saturday Vegetable Upma/Sweet Pongal

The details of Nutrition :-

Every child gets 490 calories of nutrition and 13.8 gms of protein per day by Midday Meals.728.35 calories and 20.7 gms. proteins are available for each student of High School Details of nutrional values of meals, cost of cooking ingredients used, the number of beneficiaries of each day, cleanliness, safety, economical usage, additional nutrional tablets-are displayed on the kitchen wall writings in schools for public information.

The details of Tablets :-

Tablets Quantites Vitamin A 2 lakhs IU 2 Tablets/year Iron & Folic acid 20mg 3per week upto 36 weeks- 108 tablets Albendozal (deworming 400mg Twice a year 2 tablets. tablets)

 The above tablets are distributed to the students of 1-7th standards studying in Government and aided schools.

The details of Kitchen Centres :-

Totally there are 48,436 kitchen centres in the State. The Kitchen centres are classified as follows. Sl.No. Primary and Secondary School Section No.of students Model Centres Total Cooks 1 1 to 25 A 1 2 26 to 100 B 2 3 101 to 200 C 3 4 201 to 300 D 4 5 301 to 500 E 5 6 501 to 800 F 6 7 801 to 1100 G 7 8 1101 to 1400 H 8 9 1401 TO 1700 I 9 10 1701 and Above J 10

1) There are 48436 kitchen centres and the total beneficiaries of this programme is 63.91 lakhs of 48448 Primary and 8034 High Schools. 2) During 2010-11, totally 100 Non-governmentsl Organisations are providing Mid-day Meals for 10.85 lakhs students of 5577 Schools. Out of funds Rs.10994.60 lakhs received from Central Govt., 18241 kitchen rooms are proposed for construction. Regarding the purchase of utensils & vessels :-

The government has released Rs.5.49 lakhs funds during 2009-10 for purchasing gas stoves and this fund is used in 2010-11 also.

School Bio -Garden :- To improve the nutrients of the food to be given to children, State Govt.is taking action to grow gardens in 19375 schools (Rs.3,500/-each). Vegetables like papai, greens which are grown by students in garden may be made use for cooking. Remuneration paid to cooking staff working under Akshara Dasoha programme has been enhanced by Central Govt with effect from 01-12-2009. Head Cook Rs.1,100/- Cook Rs.1,000/- Asst.Cook Rs.1,000/- Assistants Rs.1,000/-

Mother’s Committee In order to create homely atmosphere while serving food to children in all Schools, a mother’s committee has been formed and activated. Mothers can give suggestions/instructions in verifying the quality of food in schools. During 2010-11, State and Central Govt have released Budget for Akshara Dasoha Programme which is as follows : (Rs. in Lakhs) Year Allottment Grant Released Expenditure Central State Central State 2010-11 46251.54 16923.84 46251.54 16923.84 60158.25 : Evaluation :-

Akshara Dasoha programme evaluation study work for the year 2008-09 has been entrusted to Ms|| Price Water House Coopers, Bangalore on 06-11-2008. Final report submitted.

Suvarna Arogya Chaitanaya Programme :-

Suvarna Arogya Chaitanaya programme has been Introduced during 2006- 07. Under this programme all school going children of Governemnt, aided and unaided schools from 1-10th standard are being medically examined. Health check- up camps are conducted. This programme has been completed during the month of August 2010-11.

Sl. Details Amount Account No. Maintainence 1. To print 50 lakh health cards Rs.12.55/card SSA 2. Towards fuel expenses Rs.50,000 to 96.10 JD(MMS) each taluk

A committee has been constituted at the District level under the chairmanship of District Commissioner and the Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayat is the deputy chariman. The members are District Health Office (DHO) and DDPI of the respective Districts. 85,28,004 school children were medically examined and among them 1779 children under went treatment for serious health problems in Yashaswini Network Hospitals, under the joint efforts of Health & Family Welfare Department. An Amount of Rs.740.79 lakhs expenditure was borne by NRHM. Suvarna Arogya Chaitanya MASACHARANE was conducted from 10-08-09 to 30-08-09. Totally 1040 number of serious problems in children have been identified through this compaign.

FEE REIMBURSEMENT In order to promote Universalisation of girls’ education, the reimbursement of Non-government fee for all girls studying & Examination fees from 1 to 10

Pratibha Karanji During 2011-12 to recognize talent "Pratibha Karanji' program is implemented at Rs.250.00 Lakhs have been released . A direction has been given to all the district DDPI's to run this programme by utilizing resource at their end. Beneficiaries of these two programmes in the state are 90.05 students. [Both Primary & Secondary]

POLICY PLANNING UNIT :

Policy Planing Unit is a joint collaboration of Government of Karnataka and Azim Premji Foundation and working jointly in accordance with the working document signed by the two stakeholders in March 2003. This Unit was initially started functioning from DSERT and later on shifted to the office of the Commissioner for Public Instruction. As per the PPU working document, PPU came into existence in support of the vision for Karnataka to emerge as the leader and trend setter for excellence in elementary education in India, to act as a think tank which can contribute to developing education policy and to assist the Department for Public Instruction to:  Build administrative and technical capabilities.  Document and transfer academic practices and  Enhance community involvement in schools The Government of Karnataka has received grant from the International Development Association(IDA) towards the cost of Karnataka – Improving Education Governance – IDF Grant No.TF095445. In this regard for the year 2010-11, Rs.200/- lakhs have been sanctioned for Policy Planning Unit towards implementation of IDF Projects and ongoing activities of PPU.

.Sl. Project Details Amount Amount Spent No. Sanctioned 1. ELDP – 1 : District based MDP for block and Rs.15,60,000 - cluster officials in 19 districts(1200 BRPs, CRPs,IERTs & ECOs)Ramanagar, Bangalore Urban, Chitradurga, Kolar, , Tumkur, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Udupi, Bagalakote, , Chikkodi, Bijapur, Uttara , Bellary, Raichur, Bangaloare Rural. 2. ELDP – 2 : Development of 100 MDFs to ensure Rs.80,00,000 Rs.14,56,031 that all districts have adequate MDFs in 13 districts(100 MDFs, 395 BRPs & CRPs) Raichur, Gadag, Gulbarga, Yadgir, Koppal, Bidar, Chikkodi, Chamarajnagar, Chikballapura, Madhugiri, , Dharwad, and Haveri. 3. ELDP – 4 : Development of SLDFs in all 9 North Rs.70,00,000 - East Karnataka(NEK)districts (300 BRPs) Bidar, Raichur, Koppal, Bellary, Gulbarga, Yadgir, Gadag, Bagalkote, Bijapur. 4. Formative Evaluation in ELDP – 3 districts : Rs.19,40,000 - Kolar, Kodagu, Shimoga, Hassan. KAP study across all 20 districts under ELDP – 1. 5. Namma Shaale – Feel Training to 75 HMs and Rs.15,00,000 Rs.20,39,879 253 Asst.Teachers in four districts Davaanagaere, Mysore, UK, Yadgir Total Rs.2,00,00,000 Rs.34,95,910

Educational News: A Bio-monthly educational magazine is being published for the last 6 years. It carries important and valuable information like department news, circulars, Govt. orders, new programs, good articles regarding primary and secondary education. Since 2002-03 the magazine is converted as monthly magazine by increasing the number of pages up to 20 new educational trusts, achievement of progressive schools, teachers, educationists, statistics related to department, educational administrations, opinions etc., from the year 2005-06 the total pages is increased to 32 pages. The entire cost of printing and transportation is borne by S.S.A. and more educational value is attached to this magazine.

Free Bicycles to Students: Having understood the problems of rural girls who come to school by walk all through from hilly regions Government of Karnataka introduced the scheme of free distribution of bicycles to girls studying in 8th std and who come from B.P.L. families. This is to enhance the confidence and courage besides reducing dropout rate among girls. Subsequently, this Scheme has been extended to Boys also. Details about Scheme: 1) After passing out from 7th std., the scheme is introduced from the academic year 2006-07 for the children who belong to BPL Family(Excluding the children who possess bus passes and Hostel facilities) . 2) During 2007-08, 2,21,300 girls 2,13,700 boys are benefited from this scheme in 202 educational block. For this Rs. 90.00 crores of grants has been released and entire amount is spent by State Government only. 3) Out of 2008-09 grants, defieciency of Rs.8.62 crores has been utilised for 2007-08, and out ouf Rs.159.69 crores 324682 girls and 341540 boys who are studying in 8th Std. of Govt and Aided Schools(Excluding the limit of BBMP students and bus pass and hostel facility students). Total 6,66,222 children are benefitted. Rs.2,397/- per bicycle. 4) During 2009-10, 5,32,392 Bicycles have been issued at a total cost of Rs.127.24 crores to the students of Government & Aided of 8th Std [Excluding the students who are from corpn limit & having bus pass and hostel facilities] . During this year,Rs.100/- crores grants have been released, out of this Rs.64.41 crores have been utilised for the year 2008-09 , after that Rs.35.50 crores grants available. During this year 2,66,163 girls and 2,66,229 boys aaare benefitted who are studying in 8th std.of Govt and Aided Schools. 5) For 2010-11 and 2011-12, bicycles have been issued during 2011-12 at a stretch. Year wise Statistics : 2010-11 269095 girls and 273905 boys, total 543000 students are benefitted during 2010- 11 under the total cost of Rs.150.00 crores. Rs.2,775/ per bicycle for girls and Rs.2,750/- per bicycle for boys. 2011-12 262210 girls and 272202 boys, total 543000 students are benefitted during 2010- 11 under the total cost of Rs.147.62 crores. Rs.2,775/ per bicycle for girls and Rs.2,750/- per bicycle for boys.