BBMP to provide tuition to kids hailing from poor families

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will launch a new project on August 15 to provide tuition to children from poor families.

The project aims at children studying in the third and fifth standards in coordination with NGO’s.

The pilot project will be launched across the city under the “Vidyarthi Belaku Adhyayana Kendra” scheme.

The BBMP informed that the tuition timings would be between 5.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ram Prasat Manohar, Commissioner of BBMP Welfare Department, stated that the main objective of the project is to provide children from slums and below poverty line families with more learning opportunities, training, assistance in homework and developing skills set.

 “This scheme will benefit underprivileged children from all over the city. We will be taking the help of local NGOs to monitor these tuition centres. These NGOs will also be responsible for providing necessary equipment and study material to the students at the centre,” said Manohar.

The civic agency has also stated that people who have completed graduation and post-graduation will teach and guide the students. The tuition centre will be open for students studying in BBMP and government schools run by the education department.

The BBMP will give Rs 1,500 honorary amount to these students. Every tuition centre will accommodate about 20 to 30 students. The Palike has not yet decided on the number of centres it plans to set up across the city.