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This will further reduce enrollment in government schools, he said.“Today, the Delhi government has been doling out 23% of the budget for the education sector, but Karnataka is not even spending 5% of its budget for education. He said the government should start pre-primary sections in primary schools to improve enrollment.“A major hurdle for teachers not completing the syllabus is teachers being entrusted with 65 other non-teaching assignments by the government. Standardisation of government schools is possible if the government earmarks 25% of its budget for schooling,” he said.The committee has also suggested filling up of 28,000 vacant teachers’ posts as good education cannot be expected by employing temporary teachers, Niranjanaradhya added. They are hardly finding time to engage in classes. “The government should implement at least a few recommendations to give a healing touch to the ailing schools without any delay,” he said.Niranjanaradhya said the government was merging government schools citing poor enrollment and at the same time officials were giving permission to new private near the government schools..