500 private schools in Karnataka face closure: Association

BENGALURU: An association of private schools in Karnataka claims 400-500 schools may down the shutters as they have not been able to maintain expenses due to the Covid-19 closure since March.
The Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS) said these are small schools in North Karnataka and interior areas in other regions and have been functioning for 3-4 years. Each of these schools has 100-200 students and most of them have not paid the pending fee or renewed their admissions this year, said D Sashi Kumar, general secretary.

Sashi Kumar said several managements were willing to lease their schools. For most small schools, the blow came when the government ordered indefinite closure of schools in March just before the final exams – the time when fees are collected. In some cases, parents have not renewed admission of their wards for the current academic year in the belief that schools will not reopen without a vaccine.

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