hubballi parents of young children in the twin cities now dont have to worry about spending huge money to get them admitted to private kindergartens for 22 government schools in the hubballi urban block have introduced nursery education the firstofitskind initiative was taken by umesh bommakkanavar block education officer beo hubballi urban on a pilot basis after he studied the reasons for fewer admissions to class i in government schools the enrolment started in june and nearly 450 students are studying in kindergartens at government schools sources say this is not like anganwadi and children are provided proper education by teachers we wanted to find out why fewer children are getting admitted to class i in government schools we realized that its because of the absence of kindergarten where they could get preschool education so we sought permission from higher authorities to start nursery school for the children above the age of 4 years bommakkanavar told toi we have sent the proposal to the education minister and hope to get the approval soon he added welcoming the move ashabi m a resident of akkihonda said private nursery schools charge exorbitant fees while the fee in ordinary nursery schools is minimum rs6000 in standard schools it goes up to rs30000 however we can get our children admitted to government schools without any fees and the teachers there give the same lessons as private schools do pm tattimani headmaster of hps school at ranadamma colony said the response has been good as 30 students joined the nursery these children are provided with all the things that other students get such as milk and midday meals the children are taught rhymes numerals alphabet and games lalita koppad headmaster of government model girls school no5 at akkihonda hubballi said so far 25 kids have joined and more people are approaching use seeking admission for their kids the classes are held from 10 am to 1 pm if this proposal is approved the number of students in government schools will increase