kolhapur the kolhapur municipal corporation kmc is going to spend rs 5775 crore during 202021 to develop the civicrun schools on a par with the private institutes over 9000 students are studying in 59 civicrun schools in the recent years the efforts by the teachers have paid off and many students from these schools have qualified the talent search and competitive exams the corporators and local activists have taken keen interest in developing some schools which have waiting for months for the admissionsthe kmc provides schooling to the students by charging parents minimal fees provides the books and the school dress as well the demand for starting the classes to impart education in semienglish medium is growing in last couple of years 17 schools have started semienglish medium classes up to eight standard in the current year five such classes will be opened in other schools as well kmcs education officer shankar yadav said we are expecting rs 37 crore from the kmc funds and the remaining from the state government grants we are going to develop schools through corporate social responsibility csr funds the digitallearning facilities will be provided through csr funds the computers projectors and advanced digital teaching aids will be provided to the schools the teachers will be trained to handle the advanced technologythe kmc is going to hand over 58 abandoned buildings to the education board to start the classes and develop the infrastructure yadav said that the paschim maharashtra devasthan samiti pmds which manages mahalaxmi temple is also going to provide funds develop the schooling infrastructure the facilities will be developed for sports and sanitation we are also focusing on improving the quality of education and the learning ability of the students separate coaching for the students to excel in the talent search exams will be started and the mocktests will be conducted especially for the fifth standard students appearing for the scholarship exams we have seen increase in the students attending the schools and the dropout rate has declined significantly said yadav