Mangaluru: Although most schools In Dakshina Kannada It has admitted a good number of students academic year33 schools in the district have admitted less than 10 students.
about 22 government school less than 10 students have taken admission, after that helpless, aided and a school related to Tribal Welfare Department, A total of 16 schools have zero admissions for class I.
As per the data available with TOI, in the academic year 2021-22, Sulia Beo The range has the largest number of schools, with eight schools registering less than 10 admissions. Only one out of eight is unaided and the rest are government schools. It is followed by Mangaluru South BEO border with seven schools. In at least five schools, no student is admitted in the first grade. Two special unaided schools have just one and a total of three admissions. There are five schools in Bantwal with admissions less than 10. Mangaluru North BEO There are only two schools in the range with less than 10 admissions. Most government schools with poor admissions are lower primary schools.
However, the Department of Public Education has insisted that schools with less than 10 students will not be merged with nearby schools. “We will maintain the status quo. However, additional teachers from these schools have been deputed to other institutions,” said a senior official.
Explaining why such schools have fewer students, an official of the Public Education Department said that parents prefer admitting children to upper primary schools, and there is an inclination towards English-medium schools. “Parents do not like admitting children in schools with poor enrollment. Some schools are getting poor admissions for many years, and parents do not like these schools as they feel that they lack the right environment for their child,” said the official.
In 2018, 35 schools in Dakshina Kannada district recorded below 10 admissions, and the number rose to 42 in 2019, and 33 schools recorded poor admissions last year. “Even less than 10% admission in a school is an indication that the school is almost on the verge of closure. The administration will come up with a plan to rescue them, and try to increase the number of students taking admission in them,” said Sudhakar K, DDPI, Dakshina Kannada.
about 22 government school less than 10 students have taken admission, after that helpless, aided and a school related to Tribal Welfare Department, A total of 16 schools have zero admissions for class I.
As per the data available with TOI, in the academic year 2021-22, Sulia Beo The range has the largest number of schools, with eight schools registering less than 10 admissions. Only one out of eight is unaided and the rest are government schools. It is followed by Mangaluru South BEO border with seven schools. In at least five schools, no student is admitted in the first grade. Two special unaided schools have just one and a total of three admissions. There are five schools in Bantwal with admissions less than 10. Mangaluru North BEO There are only two schools in the range with less than 10 admissions. Most government schools with poor admissions are lower primary schools.
However, the Department of Public Education has insisted that schools with less than 10 students will not be merged with nearby schools. “We will maintain the status quo. However, additional teachers from these schools have been deputed to other institutions,” said a senior official.
Explaining why such schools have fewer students, an official of the Public Education Department said that parents prefer admitting children to upper primary schools, and there is an inclination towards English-medium schools. “Parents do not like admitting children in schools with poor enrollment. Some schools are getting poor admissions for many years, and parents do not like these schools as they feel that they lack the right environment for their child,” said the official.
In 2018, 35 schools in Dakshina Kannada district recorded below 10 admissions, and the number rose to 42 in 2019, and 33 schools recorded poor admissions last year. “Even less than 10% admission in a school is an indication that the school is almost on the verge of closure. The administration will come up with a plan to rescue them, and try to increase the number of students taking admission in them,” said Sudhakar K, DDPI, Dakshina Kannada.
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