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Thinking of making compulsory education till age of 16 for children : Kageri

L.Raghunanda
Bangalore

With intention about the taking primary education and secondary education in the state towards path of progress Visvesvaraya Hegde Kageri Primary and Secondary education minister mentioning about the path his ministry is taking in education in the state.

“Education should be aimed at not just sake of providing education or knowledge, but it should aim at providing quality education, where self efficiency, where self belief is strengthened and students are employed the education must aim at that”

He mentioned of that his ministry is thinking of making education till 10th standard compulsory, also in this direction he said “proposal is sent to central human resource ministry,”

“While as of now education till 8th standard was norm, which means till age of 14 years one child should get educated, but now what we are thinking in education ministry and department in Karanatka.

In fact proposal sent to central govt to increase the age of the child to get educated increased to age of 16 years which means child would have completed 10th standard by this time”

He made reminiscence of the Sarva Shiksha Abhyan started under Ataj Behari Vajpayee former Prime Minister of India where “Right to Education and ease of child labour is diminished means every child is literate, educated”

In the era when Information Communication is rapidly progressing ahead, Computer education has and is became relevant and so in this light “department will provide those schools where students studying in 10th standard having scored highest marks will receive two sets of computer”

And department is also thinking of having one subject “ Computer Science as part of the school curriculum from primary school, but that is where we are planning ”Said Vishvesvaraya Hegde Kageri Primary and Secondary Education minister said speaking on the occasion of inaugurating the “National Education Day -Right to Education” organised by Karnataka dept of education ,on the sidelines of the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad birth day today ,

Also present on the occasion were Dinesh Gundu Rao MLA Chamrajpet, Kumar Nayak Education Commissioner Karnataka govt,