Karnataka caste census extended, school timings altered
Bengaluru: The ongoing Social and Educational Survey, widely referred to as the caste census, that was scheduled to end on Tuesday has been extended, as per the memo issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
The department has altered the school timings, when it reopens on October 8 after the Dasara holidays, to allow teachers to complete the survey work.
The government and aided schools in the Greater Bengaluru area will have classes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from October 8 to 24. The teachers who are appointed as enumerators will take part and complete the survey work after school hours during this period.
In the rest of the state, all government and aided schools will have classes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from October 8 to 12.
The memo dated October 6 refers to a letter from the Backward Classes Welfare Department stating that more time was needed to complete the survey.
It said the decision altering the school timing has been taken in the academic interest of the students and to ensure that classes do not suffer due to the survey after the mid-year vacations.
The survey, being conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, began on September 22 and was scheduled to conclude on October 7.
The survey was delayed in the Greater Bengaluru area at the request of the authorities for training and necessary preparations. The survey is currently underway.
A formal announcement by the Commission regarding the extension of the survey has been made. Conducted at an estimated cost of ₹420 crore, the exercise uses a 60-question questionnaire and is being carried out scientifically, officials said.
The government had spent ₹165.51 crore on an earlier Social and Educational Survey in 2015, which was later discarded.
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Mangaluru: Teacher booked for allegedly beating student in school
Vittla (Dakshina Kannada): A case has been registered at the Vittla Police Station against a school teacher on charges of seriously assaulting a student with a cane at an English-medium school in Idkidu village here near Vittla in Dakshina Kannada district.
According to the complaint, the student, who attends the school regularly, had gone to school as usual. Around 2 pm, the child’s parents received a call from the school office stating that their child had allegedly disturbed other students. The school informed them that when the teacher scolded the student over the issue, the child became frightened and urinated, and the parents were asked to come and take the child home.
The parents reportedly told the school staff that no one was at home at the time and requested that the child be sent home in an autorickshaw.
After returning home, the student told the parents that a teacher identified as Istikaar had beaten him severely on the hand with a cane. The child also said that he urinated out of fear while the assault was taking place.
When the parents contacted the teacher over the phone to question him about the incident, he allegedly responded in a dismissive manner.
Following this, the parents lodged complaints with the Vittla Police Station and the Child Development Project Office, seeking justice and strict action against the teacher for allegedly assaulting the child without any valid reason.
Police have registered a case against the teacher and have taken up further investigation.
