Ganitha-Ganaka programme extended to all govt. schools across the State

With an aim to increase interest in learning mathematics among children, the State government has decided to to extend the Ganitha-Ganaka programme, in which teachers explain basic mathematic concepts to school children through Remote Tutoring (phone calls) after school hours, to all government schools across the State for the academic year 2025-26.

The State government has recently issued an order stating that about 13.51 lakh students studying in classes 3, 4, and 5 in a total of 38,548 primary and higher primary government schools across State will be beneficiaries of this programme.

In the academic year 2024-25, the State government introduced the programme for students from classes 3 to 5 in 14,711 government primary schools in 93 ambitious taluks of 17 districts and about 6.99 lakh students benefitted from it. An assessment showed that the programme helped children develop an interest in learning mathematics and buoyed by this success, the government has expanded the programme to all government schools across the state this year. 

The programme will be implemented in collaboration with Samagra Shikshan Karnataka (SSK), Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT), Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia, Alokit and Youth Impact.

Remedial teaching

The State government has recently decided to scrap the Nali-Kali programme, where students from classes 1 to 3 are taught in the same classroom, due to its ineffectiveness. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER-Rural) and National Achievement Survey (NAS) data for the last five years have emphasised that students are lagging behind in learning due to this teaching method being ineffective. Ganitha-Ganaka programme is being implemented as remedial teaching for children who are lagging behind in learning.

75,000 mathematics teachers

The State government has selected about 75,000 mathematics teachers for the implementation of the Ganitha-Ganaka programme and will train them. These teachers will call students on the phone and help them solve problems in mathematics. All these calls are recorded and all charges reimbursed to teachers by the government. Each teacher will get ₹800 towards this and the government has allocated a total grant of ₹6 crore for this programme.