Bengaluru: Department of school education and literacy has appointed nodal officers to ensure that the conditions are met for the results-based lending (RBL) programme under which it has taken a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The govt notification, dated Sept 30, 2026, named senior officials from the school education department, DSERT, KSEAB, PUE and Samagra Shikshana Karnataka to coordinate and ensure timely achievement of the nine indicators. The DLIs cover learning outcomes, student transition and retention, gender parity, infrastructure, teacher capacity, STEAM education, assessment systems, employability skills and CSR partnerships. The department has assigned the director, DSERT, as the nodal officer for strengthening the professional capacity of teachers and school leaders, including subject knowledge, gender-responsive and socially inclusive pedagogy, instructional leadership and school governance. There is also a clause to improve the efficiency and transparency of CSR partnerships through implementation of strategic CSR guidelines.
“The loan will be released in multiple transactions over the next four years.
I don’t see a scenario where we do not reach these in the next four years,” said Vikas Kishor Suralkar, commisioner, department of school education and literacy. For every level, there is a criteria that needs to be met – in terms of infrastructure, academic outcomes, etc. The next transaction would depend upon how we strive to achieve this. All these are educational parameters that the department even otherwise strive for.