kolhapur a music band will soon be formed comprising 60 students from 58 primary schools run by the kolhapur municipal corporation said civic administrator kadambari balkawade while presenting the budget for the primary education committee on thursdaythe outlay for education for 202324 is pegged at rs807 crore the kmc provides primary education till standard vii free of cost across 58 schools having a current strength of 10713 studentsthe kmc has decided to emphasise on quality of education and quality enhancement of students to ensure this a yearlong mission named the rajarshi chhatrapati shahu samruddh shala abhiyan has been chalked out the mission will focus not only on infrastructural development but also on improving education qualitatively five model schools will be developed the kmc has 17 semienglish medium schools which are preferred by parents from welltodo familiesduring 202324 the kmc is going to take selective students from classes 5 to 7 on science tours they will be taken to iucaa pune raja kelkar science museum and nehru planetarium mumbaithe kmc is going to start a csr cell to collect funds for schools