BANGALORE: In a significant step to boost the performance of rural students in the Common Entrance Test (CET), the government has launched a satellite-based coaching programme.
The programme, to be conducted by KEONICS, will cater to nearly 13,000 students across 100 centres in the state.
The programme will be conducted across four zones, comprising of rural areas with 100 centres for providing free training. Training by eminent and experienced experts will be provided via satellite at these centres.
The higher education department has decided to establish studios in Bangalore, Mangalore and Hubli for the purpose. Inaugurating the programme at VHD Central Home Science College on Tuesday, Higher Education Minister Aravind Limbavali said that rural students would have to come to the training centres to attend the classes and sessions that would be telecast from these studios.
Students would be able to clear their doubts through the satellite programme.
“The solutions will be telecast to all the centres at the same time,” the minister said.
The current plan can accommodate 60 students in each classroom. Students will also be provided with free study material. Periodic tests in the subjects will be conducted so as to increase their competitive capabilities.
The east zone will consist of 23 centres across Bellary, Gadag, Haveri, Davanagere, Chitradurga and Koppal districts, while the west zone will consist of 26 centres across Dharwad, Uttara K a n n a d a , S h i m o g a , Chikmagalur, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Coorg and Hassan districts.
The north zone will have 27 centres in Bidar, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Raichur, Bagalkot and Belgaum districts, while the south zone consists of 24 centres across Tumkur, Kolar, Mandya, Ramanagar, Chamarajanagar, Chikballapur and Mysore.
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