Run govt schools, colleges with public money, says student organisation

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) on Sunday called upon the state government to allocate money to the education sector and not depend on corporate help to run government schools.

AIDSO State Secretary Ajay Kamath said, “It has been reported in the press that the state government has appealed to corporate companies to come forward to help overcome the acute shortages faced by Karnataka's public educational institutions, and some have responded."

The institutions are facing shortages of teachers, proper buildings and good toilets.

Kamath pointed out that the state government have put forth a demand of Rs3,256 crore for higher education sector, Rs1,997 crore for government degree colleges, Rs852 crore for government polytechnic and engineering colleges, Rs386 crore for skill development laboratories, Rs14 crore for University Visvesvaraya Engineering College and Rs6 crore has been demanded for the BR Ambedkar School of Economics, to a popular industrialist as disclosed by the Higher Education Minister M Sudhakar.