<p>The state government will offer “unlimited” admissions at its English-medium schools subject to the availability of infrastructure. </p>.<p>The Department of Primary and Secondary Education took the decision because no new English-medium schools are being opened in the 2022-23 academic year. The second objective is to help parents who want to send their children to English-medium schools but are unable to pay the fees because of the pandemic-induced financial constraints. </p>.<p>Earlier guidelines had capped admissions at government English-medium schools at 30. But this year, the department has asked officials at the local level to admit every child provided adequate infrastructure is available there. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/surge-in-admissions-karnataka-govt-pu-colleges-to-hold-classes-in-shifts-1111331.html" target="_blank">Surge in admissions: Karnataka govt PU colleges to hold classes in shifts</a></strong></p>.<p>“Many government English-medium schools are asking for an increase in the intake. We will allow this wherever proper infrastructure is available to enrol more kids,” said an official from the department. </p>.<p>If there is a shortage of teachers, schools should hire guest teachers, the official added. </p>.<p>Based on the demand, School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMCs) can submit requests to the Block Education Officer (BEO). </p>.<p>In 2019-20, Karnataka opened English-medium instruction at 1,001 government schools. The year after, it extended this to 1,400 more schools by opening English-medium sections in 276 Karnataka Public Schools and 444 Urdu-medium schools. At present, Karnataka has 2,401 government English-medium schools. </p>.<p>Karnataka has a total of 44,615 government schools.</p>
<p>The state government will offer “unlimited” admissions at its English-medium schools subject to the availability of infrastructure. </p>.<p>The Department of Primary and Secondary Education took the decision because no new English-medium schools are being opened in the 2022-23 academic year. The second objective is to help parents who want to send their children to English-medium schools but are unable to pay the fees because of the pandemic-induced financial constraints. </p>.<p>Earlier guidelines had capped admissions at government English-medium schools at 30. But this year, the department has asked officials at the local level to admit every child provided adequate infrastructure is available there. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/surge-in-admissions-karnataka-govt-pu-colleges-to-hold-classes-in-shifts-1111331.html" target="_blank">Surge in admissions: Karnataka govt PU colleges to hold classes in shifts</a></strong></p>.<p>“Many government English-medium schools are asking for an increase in the intake. We will allow this wherever proper infrastructure is available to enrol more kids,” said an official from the department. </p>.<p>If there is a shortage of teachers, schools should hire guest teachers, the official added. </p>.<p>Based on the demand, School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMCs) can submit requests to the Block Education Officer (BEO). </p>.<p>In 2019-20, Karnataka opened English-medium instruction at 1,001 government schools. The year after, it extended this to 1,400 more schools by opening English-medium sections in 276 Karnataka Public Schools and 444 Urdu-medium schools. At present, Karnataka has 2,401 government English-medium schools. </p>.<p>Karnataka has a total of 44,615 government schools.</p>