Ministry for Education-Karnataka

Minister for Higher Education and Minister for Primary & Secondary are the two cabinet rank ministers looks after the education in Karnataka state.

Some of the facilitative functions are also managed by the following departments.

1.Department for Backward Classes and Minorities [eg: Hostels for students].

2.Department of Social Welfare [Eg: Pre-metric Scholarships for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, Hostels, Ashram schools for Tribal children].

3.Department of Women and Child Development [Eg: Anganwadis/ pre-school centers for 3 to 6 years old children under the Integrated Child Development Services Project].

4,Department of Rural Development and Panchayathi Raj [Eg: Provision of water supply and toilets to school.

The foregoing account of the ministry-level organization of Education in the State does not include capacity building exercises, staff development programmes, and entrepreneurship development programmes, extension education programmes of various other departments such as those of departments of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Irrigation etc