The Hindu 13.09.2013
City corporations to get residential schools
Schools will be handed over to Delhi Public School for day-to-day maintenance
The State Labour Ministry has proposed to set up a
residential school in all the eight city corporations in the State to
cater to the needs of children of industrial workers. Minister of State
for Labour P.T. Parameshwara Naik told reporters on Wednesday the Labour
Department would construct school buildings and provide basic
facilities to children, and Rs. 30 crore would be spent on developing
each school. The schools would be handed over to Delhi Public School
(DPS), Bangalore, for day-to-day maintenance and admissions.
Further,
Mr. Naik said the schools would provide education from classes 5 to 12
free of cost. Admissions would be open from June 2014 and intake would
be decided after consultations with experts, said Mr. Naik. He added
that the authorities had been told to identify land for schools.
