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Changes in school uniforms likely

Special Correspondent

Basavaraj Horatti

Bangalore: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Basavaraj Horatti has said that the State Government is planning to bring about a change in the colour and design of government school uniforms.

Briefing presspersons after discussions with senior officials of the department, the Minister said the plan was to have a similarity between the uniforms of the government schools and those in the private sector.

The government school uniform has been in blue colour for over a decade.

Mr. Horatti said from the next academic year, the Government would distribute uniforms to all girl students even in aided schools apart from the students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.

Presently, two sets of uniforms were given only to the children studying in government schools. The Government, which is spending around Rs. 70 crore for the uniforms distribution programme, is expected to spend an additional Rs. 5 crore in the coming following the extension of the programme to girls and Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe students.

The responsibility of providing school uniforms would be vested with the Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation.

With reference to the distribution of free textbooks to students, the Minister said the books would be distributed in April-end or early May from the coming year. Further, the Government would seek the services of the private printing presses, if need be.

Transfers

Mr. Horatti said Governor Rameshwar Thakur had given his consent for the new legislation governing the transfer of teachers.

Henceforth, there would be no large-scale transfer of teachers and the whole exercise would be directly monitored by the Commissioner of Public Instruction.

The new entrants to the teaching profession would also have to serve in rural areas for a mandatory period.

On the recruitment of new teachers whose age was more than that specified under the cadre and recruitment rules, the Government has sought the permission of the State Election Rules to go ahead with the recruitment.

On receipt of the permission, the notification for recruitment would be issued, and in all around 3,000 persons who had crossed the upper age limit would be recruited.

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