BENGALURU: Encouraging girl child education, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that all girls studying in government institutions up to post-graduation will be given free education. While presenting the state Budget, he said, “Rs 95 Crore of the budget would be spent on providing free education for all the girl students taking admission in government pre-university, degree and post-graduation courses.” The move is expected to benefit 3.7 lakh female students in the state.
The Karnataka state government,in 2017, had announced free education for girls from class 1 till graduation in government schools and government aided-private schools from 2018-19 academic year. Siddaramaiah said, “A total of Rs 4514 Crore is being provided for higher education in 2018-19.” He said during the tenure, 100 Karnataka Public Schools will be opened across the state at an expenditure of Rs 5 Lakh per school and an total expenditure of Rs 5 Crore.
He added, “Rs 5 Crore has been allocated to provide digital library facility through cloud computing to around 10 lakh students studying in government high schools and pre-university colleges.”
