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Karnataka school admissions fall by 4 lakh this year
Enrolment in Karnataka’s government, aided and private schools dropped by four lakh this academic year, the state’s admission data shows. Total children enrolled stood at 96,21,439, down from 1,00,28,438 last year. Class…
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Enrolment in Karnataka’s government, aided and private schools dropped by four lakh this academic year, the state’s admission data shows. Total children enrolled stood at 96,21,439, down from 1,00,28,438 last year. Class 1 admissions in government schools fell by one lakh, though high school enrolments increased. Over the past three years, admissions have fallen by nine lakh overall. Private schools saw a sharper decline of 1,76,675 students compared with government schools. Deccan Herald reports that officials attribute the trend partly to a falling birth rate. The school education commissioner noted that high school admissions in government schools have actually risen.
The Indian Opinion
The usual narrative blames government schools for the enrolment decline, but data shows private schools lost even more students. The fall in birth rate after Covid is a genuine factor, but the rise in high school enrolments in government schools suggests parents shift once children reach older grades. The government’s admission campaign and new Karnataka Public Schools may help, but the real test will be whether the number of unauthorised schools, which do not report data, is brought under the system. How many of the missing four lakh children are actually enrolled in unrecognised institutions?
Source: deccanherald.com
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