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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Accept Congress decision appointing V D Satheesan as Kerala CM: K C Venugopal
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi (PTI): Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal on Thursday accepted the party decision to select V D Satheesan as the chief minister of Kerala and congratulated him.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal, who was one of the three persons being considered for the post, said he will provide all support to the CM and the UDF government in Kerala.
The decision comes more than 10 days after the results of the April Assembly polls in Kerala were declared.
The Congress-led UDF secured a more than two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party has been unable to decide its chief ministerial face due to lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the ground level.
Besides, Satheesan and Venugopal, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala was also in the race for the CM post.
