The Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) has decided to provide only cloth for the second set of uniforms, instead of stitched uniforms, for students in government and aided schools, under the Vidyavikasa scheme in Karnataka.
Each student in Karnataka gets two sets of uniforms from the State Government. Normally, the State Government would provide cloth for the first set of uniforms. Parents have to stitch uniforms at their own cost. Later, DSEL would release ₹250 per student for classes I to 10, to the joint account of the headmaster and School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC), who would get a second set of uniforms stitched for every student locally.
This year, instead of releasing funds for the second set, DSEL has invited tenders for cloth that will be distributed to all students. The contract has been awarded to a Maharashtra-based company. Later, parents have to get the second uniform stitched, at their own cost, just like the first set.
