‘Government will start recruitment of guest teachers in June’: Madhu Bangarappa

Shivamogga: The government will start the recruitment of guest teachers for schools as early as June, announced Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa in Shivamogga on Friday, adding that as many as 52,000 guest teachers would be recruited.

“Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will flag off the Karnataka Public School (KPS) initiative in Shivamogga on June 1,” said Madhu, who examined the preparations for the big event at the Allammaprabhu Ground in Shivamogga.

As many as 1,000 KPS institutions, including 19 in Shivamogga, will come up across the state, said Madhu.

“A sum of Rs 3.5 crore will be allocated to each KPS institution. The KPS model is now being emulated in other states, such as Telangana, where the government has announced the development of Telangana Public Schools. Officials from the Telangana Education Department had come to Bengaluru to study the KPS model,” said the minister.

Many shortcomings in the Education Department have been addressed, and there has been a marked improvement in the quality of education being imparted to students, said Madhu. “The fact that there was a 6.4% increase in the number of SSLC students who secured first class in the 2026 examinations attests to this,” he added.