The Hindu 23.12.2010
BBMP wants its CBSE school ready soon
Staff Reporter
Bangalore: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Standing
Committee for Education on Wednesday directed Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
(BVB) officials to ensure that the BBMP’s first CBSE school is ready by
the next academic year.
The BBMP has tied up with the BVB and will share 50:50 ratio on cost.
The committee members, including chairperson B.V. Ganesh, inspected the
building that is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 2.95 crore at
Okalipuram. The “model school” is facing teething troubles with regard
to modalities and sharing of responsibilities.
Mr. Ganesh said that Kannada would be a compulsory subject in the
school, irrespective of what the second language optional was. “We also
urged the BVB authorities to ensure principles of social justice are
followed in admissions. The BBMP will fill 50 per cent of the seats,
while the BVB will fill the remaining,” he said. Later, the members
visited five playgrounds in the city. They took the officials to task
for constructing structures on these grounds unnecessarily.