Illustration of a Karnataka Public School (KPS) model government school campus in Mandya, Karnataka, depicting a modern Maulana Azad School building envisioned after the bhoomi puja led by MLA P Ravikumar Gowda.
Mysuru: The department of school education and literacy has upgraded 50 more government schools in Mysuru district as Karnataka Public Schools (KPS), taking the total number of KPS institutions in the district to 62. The first phase of the KPS initiative began in 2018 with the establishment of 12 schools in Mysuru district. Rs 2 crore to Rs 4 crore has been spent on each school to improve infrastructure, including additional classrooms, libraries and computer centres, according to the department. Each KPS school is designed to accommodate up to 1,200 students.
Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Deputy director of school education and literacy D Udaykumar told TOI that measures are being taken to appoint teachers for all subjects and ensure the availability of required facilities in the newly upgraded schools. Retired government school teacher Papanna said the KPS model has emerged as a boon for students and parents by providing quality education in both English and Kannada mediums from LKG to II PU. These included two schools each in Mysuru Rural, H D Kote and Periyapatna taluks, and one school each in T Narasipura, Nanjangud, Mysuru South, Mysuru North, Hunsur and K R Nagar educational blocks. He urged rural families to make use of the facilities by enrolling their children in these schools.