Karnataka government is looking at increasing CSR spending in the education sector and skilling of youth across the State, as it has drawn up the CSR requirement to be about ₹2,854 crore for the year 2023-2024.
The needs that could be met through CSR has been identified for solar-based smart classroom at schools, skills on wheels (1027 schools in 25 districts), classrooms and skill labs in 99 polytechnics and 11 engineering colleges, 6,000 multi skills labs, teaching, supplementary nutrition to school children, apprenticeship/internship opportunities in about 59,000 establishments, digital library and library upgradation and sports equipment. It is also seeking donation of used/old PCs/ laptops to address shortage of desktops in 2,275 schools and laptops in 1,600 secondary schools.
