Free teachers from poll duty, so they can focus on teaching: Education Minister Suresh Kumar
Bengaluru, Nov 12: Ahead of the December 5 bypolls to 15 state assembly segments, a Karnataka minister has pitched for teachers being relieved from election duty as it was hampering school activities and indirectly affecting students.
State Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Electoral officer to relieve teachers from election duties like Booth Level Officers (BLOs), so that they can entirely focus on teaching their students.
In a letter to the CEO, the minister said from the beginning teachers in the state were being involved election related activities like BLO and electoral rolls enrolment, among other things.
Pointing out that such non-teaching duties had increased for teachers, he said, it was hampering educational activities and indirectly affecting the student community.
"As BLO like duty is taking most of teachers time, they have to strain in completing the syllabus on time, also teachers are unable to concentrate on their students and school activities," he said.
"This is becoming the reason for collapse of quality of education, he added.
Noting that children of today were tomorrow's citizens and role of good citizens was important for the country's development, Suresh Kumar said "as our teachers are the builders of good society, there was need for them to engage with the student community and educational activities with full dedication."
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4 held for sexually assaulting woman, girl on moving bus after social media alert in UP's Agra
Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.
According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.
Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.
Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.
The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.
