Karnataka government has ordered the opening of 500 Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) in the first phase through the private-public partnership (PPP) model from the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund of various companies and non-government organisations (NGO) and knowledge partners across the State for the next academic year.
It also constituted a monitoring committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, which will include the Minister of the Department of School Education and Literacy, the Minister of the Revenue Department, the Higher Education Minister among five other ministers, and the Additional Chief Secretary of the government as members.
The task of this committee is to oversee the proper implementation of the KPS project, preparation of guidelines for the single window monitoring system, financial issues, regulation of project phases and non-compliance, engagement with potential partners and others.
