Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Karnataka Forms Cabinet Panel to Address Student Issues
Karnataka has created a group of ministers to study problems faced by students.
U.T. Khader will lead the group.
The ministers will talk with students and listen to their concerns and ideas.
They will examine how to make exams and recruitment fairer and prevent question papers from leaking.
They will also study school fees and how coaching centres are regulated.
The group will check whether public schools and colleges have enough teachers, laboratories, libraries and hostels.
It will consider student mental health, equal access, job-related skills and links to employment.
The committee must give its recommendations to the state government within one month.
The Karnataka government has formed a Cabinet sub-committee on student concerns and education reforms.
U.T. Khader will chair the five-member committee, which includes four other state ministers.
The panel will examine exam and recruitment transparency, question-paper leaks and fixed schedules.
It will review private-school fees, coaching-centre regulation and the cost of education.
The committee will study public-institution infrastructure, teacher shortages, mental health, access and links between education and employment.
- Who
- The Karnataka government and a five-member Cabinet sub-committee chaired by U.T. Khader; Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar constituted the panel.
- What
- A committee was formed to hear student concerns and recommend reforms to the education system.
- When
- The committee was announced on Thursday and directed to submit its report within one month.
- Where
- Karnataka, with Bengaluru given as the dateline.
- Why
- To address student and youth concerns, improve education quality and infrastructure, and respond to issues highlighted by the Chhatron Ki Goonj student movement.
- Chairperson
- U.T. Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Minority Welfare and Haj & Waqf
- Committee members
- Madhu Bangarappa, Basavaraj Rayareddy, Priyank Kharge and Sharan Prakash Patil
- Examination and recruitment
- Recommendations will address integrity, question-paper leaks, irregularities and fixed schedules
- Education costs
- The panel will examine private-institution fees, coaching-centre regulation and the financial burden on families
- Education quality
- The review includes infrastructure, teacher shortages, laboratories, libraries and hostels in public institutions
- Additional areas
- Curriculum, skilling, employment links, student mental health and wellbeing, access and equity
- Report deadline
- The committee has been directed to submit its report within one month
