Mysuru govt school faces heat for allegedly making students fetch water from sump, clean toilets
Mysuru: In an incident reported from Mysuru’s Bilagerehundi village, teachers at a government higher primary school allegedly made students draw water from a sump and clean the school toilets.
The incident occurred a few days ago in Bilagerehundi village, located in the Varuna Assembly constituency represented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. It came to light last week when a villager, Siddaraju, visited the school to pick up his daughter from the anganwadi, The New Indian Express reported on Monday.
Siddaraju recalled that he saw several children drawing water from a sump on the school premises. Initially fearing that someone might have fallen in, he questioned the students, who allegedly told him that teachers had instructed them to fetch water and clean the toilets.
Disturbed by what he witnessed, he recorded the incident on his mobile phone and filed a complaint with the Block Education Officer (BEO). As directed, he later submitted a written complaint.
The episode has triggered alarm in the community, especially after a recent incident in Kolar where a student died after falling into a sump. “I urge the District Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) to act against the headmaster. Schools must appoint proper staff for cleaning toilets,” TNIE quoted Siddaraju as saying.
DDPI S.T. Javaregowda has instructed the BEO to investigate and submit a report by Monday.
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Prasidh, Kuldeep limit South Africa to 270 after De Kock's hundred
Visakhapatnam (PTI): India fought back gallantly through Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav after Quinton de Kock struck his 23rd hundred, keeping South Africa to a manageable 270 in the third and series-deciding final ODI, here Saturday.
India won the toss after judging the spin of the coin incorrectly 20 times in a row. They had little hesitation in inserting the Proteas into bat, a clear indication of dew factor dominating the thought.
After Arshdeep Singh sent back Ryan Rickelton early, De Kock (106, 89b, 8x4, 6x4) struck his seventh century against India and put on 113 runs off 124 balls with skipper Temba Bavuma (48, 67b) as the visitors moved to a healthy position.
De Kock was severe on Prasidh (4/66), who erred on length continuously in his first spell (2-0-27-0). The left-hander biffed the pacer for 6, 6, 4 in his second over to milk 18 runs.
The 32-year-old quickly pounced on anything that was short, and pacers Prasidh and Harshit offered him plenty of feed on his pet areas.
Bavuma was more sedate, and made runs through those typical dabs and jabs, occasionally unfurling a drive of elan.
De Kock moved to fifty in 42 balls, and never let the tempo down reaching his hundred in 79 balls.
India found temporary relief when Ravindra Jadeja induced a false slash from Bavuma to get caught by Virat Kohli at point.
The tourists got another move on through a 54-run partnership between De Kock and Matthew Breetzkle for the third wicket, and at 168 for two in 28 overs they were in a good position to press on.
But Breetzke's punishment of part-time spinner Tilak Varma forced a rethink in the Indian camp, as skipper KL Rahul brought back Prasidh for a second spell.
What a masterstroke it turned out to be! The Karnataka man broke the back of South Africa’s top and middle order in an exceptional second spell (4-0-11-3).
Breetzke was the first man to go, trapped plumb in front with a straight one and four balls later Aiden Markram uppishly chipped a fuller delivery to Kohli at short covers.
Prasidh soon castled De Kock, whose ugly cross-batted swipe failed to connect a full length delivery from the pacer.
All of a sudden, SA found themselves at a shaky 199 for five, losing three wickets in the space of three overs.
Once Prasidh was done away with the top and middle-order, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep (4/41) took over and mopped up the tail as SA fell short of even a par total on this track.
