17,266 children brought back into schools: State tells K'taka HC
Bengaluru, Feb 16: The State Government on Thursday informed the High Court of Karnataka that 17,266 of the total 21,407 children, who were identified as being out of the schooling system, have been brought back into the system.
The 17,266 children aged between six and 14 years, who were earlier out of the schools, have been admitted again.
The High Court had registered a suo-moto public interest litigation (PIL) in 2017 which was heard by a division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale today.
Government advocate Prathima Honnapura submitted the affidavit by Dr Vishal R, Commissioner of the Department of Public Instructions.
The Urban Development and Rural Development Departments had conducted a survey in all districts of Karnataka to estimate the number of children who were out of schools following a direction by the High Court in the PIL on November 8, 2022. The survery found that 24,708 children were out of the schools and of them 21,407 children were identified.
The affidavit filed today records that 2,900 children aged between six and 14 who are out of schools are yet to be identified. Since the records do not show their current residences and phone numbers of their parents, they are yet to be traced. Of these, 2,254 children are estimated to be in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits.
The affidavit states that 17,266 children have been admitted to schools. As many as 1,813 children have migrated with their families. A total of 259 children are unwell. Nineteen children have been admitted to open schools and 120 to Madarasas. As many as 127 children have died in the meantime. Of the originally identified children, 37 were found to be below the age of six and 1,756 were found to be above the age of 14.
Apart from these, 5,19,369 children between the ages of three and six have been admitted to Anganwadis; 51,084 children have been admitted to various private and government schools and 7,747 have migrated with their families.
The High Court recorded the submissions made in the affidavit and adjourned the hearing of the PIL by three weeks.
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How can TN get funds if state always confronts Centre, asks AIADMK chief Palaniswami
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Thanjavur (PTI): AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami lashed out at the DMK government over fund flow to the state and remarked how it could be possible for the state to get funds when it intentionally confronted the central government.
Addressing a joint poll campaign with AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran, a constituent of the AIADMK-led NDA in Tamil Nadu, Palaniswami on Saturday said political parties could have differences or criticise each other during elections but after the polls, the elected government should serve the people who voted them to power.
"How can TN get funds if the state government intentionally criticises the BJP? The DMK could not get funds when it shared power with the Congress at the Centre. Now it criticises the BJP, after failing to maintain harmonious ties with the Centre," the former chief minister said.
The DMK government could have obtained the funds required for the people had it maintained a cordial relationship with the Centre, he said.
But during the last five years of its rule, it had only denied the people the benefits they deserved, the AIADMK general secretary alleged.
"During the then Congress-led UPA regime, a DMK minister involved in the 2 G spectrum scam was jailed and another person who is now criticising me has also been in Tihar jail. She has no qualification to criticise me," he said and reminded that the 2 G spectrum case was still pending.
"The DMK is synonymous with scams. DMK is corruption and corruption is DMK, both are inseparable," Palaniswami alleged.
He flayed the DMK's alleged double standards on protecting the rights and interests of Tamil Nadu as it took up a joint poll campaign with Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who had stated that Karnataka would go ahead with the balancing reservoir project at Mekedatu.
Tamil Nadu has been opposing the project as it would affect the agriculture prospects in the state.
Dhinakaran, who addressed from atop the campaign vehicle, flanked by Palaniswami, said like "brothers", the two were garnering votes for the NDA candidates' victory.
He appealed to the people to oust the "evil DMK".
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