The Government High School in Belthangady taluk and the Government PU College will celebrate its golden jubilee year and silver jubilee year respectively, in November-December, said Suvarna Mahotsava Samiti Working President K Shivram Hegde.

Speaking at a press meet here on Thursday, he said for holding the celebrations together, Suvarna Mahotsava Samiti has been constituted with Belthangady MLA K Prabhakar Bangera as honorary president and Zilla Panchayat member P Dharanendra as president. Already, 750 students have been enrolled in the school and the school has secured 98 per cent results in SSLC and 90 per cent results in PUC.

As part of the golden jubilee celebrations, four classrooms will be reconstructed to accommodate more students and a large playground is being constructed.

Apart from this, seating arrangements, hall and other basic facilities will be provided as part of the celebration, with an estimated expenditure of Rs 34 lakh. The fund for the same will be sought from MLA K Prabhakar Bangera, ZP member P Dharanendra Kumar, MLC Blasius M D’Souza and Capt Ganesh Karnik SKDRDP and Canara Bank. Sports competitions, athletic meet, folk dance competitions and music competitions will be organised for the public and old students. Moreover, a souvenir describing the achievements of the school will be brought out on the occasion. 

DK Zilla Panchayat Vice-President P Dharanendra Kumar, Samiti Secretary Yusuf Vittla, treasurer A Jayaram Shetty and Abdul Rehman were present at the press meet.