DAVANAGERE: A police-pubic residential school has come up at Kondajji
village
in
Harihar
taluk of
Davanagere
district.
The school, built at a cost of Rs 13.5 crore on 10acre sprawling campus with a forest and a lake in the backdrop, is getting ready to admit students. Provision has been made to admit students for classes VI to X, and it is open for children of police personal and the general public from any part of
Karnataka.
This will be the first
police-public school
in central Karnataka, said SP C B Ryshyanth. In all, 220 students, including 60 girls, can get admitted here from 2022-23 academic year.
According to a senior police officer, the school comes under the jurisdiction of Eastern police range covering Davanagere, Chitradurga, Shivamogga and Haveri districts.
“We are happy that a well-equipped building with hostels is coming up in our village,” Devaraj, a local, said, adding: “Former MP Kondajji Basaappa had opened a training centre for Scouts and Guides over five decades ago. It has hosted state-level training programmes pertaining to Scouts and Guides.”
Aqua sporting events, including boating competitions, are held at Kondajji Lake, making Kondajji a popular picnic spot in Davanagere district. The presence of Morarji Desai Residential School and Indira Gandhi Residential School in the region has made Kondajji village an educational hub, said Mudegowdappa, another villager.
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