20 children hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning after midday meals in Karnataka
Bidar (Karnataka) (PTI): As many as twenty children of a government school in this district have been admitted to a hospital due to suspected food poisoning after they had their midday meals, police said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred on Tuesday at Jamaalapura government primary school in Aurad taluk of this district, they said.
According to officials, after having their midday meals consisting sambar, rice and other items, some of the students complained of stomach ache, and developed nausea and dysentery. Some of them even vomitted.
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Growing anxious, the teachers rushed all 58 students of the school to Aurad Taluk Hospital as a precautionary measure. They were given required medication. Of them, only 20 showed symptoms of illness and were hospitalised, a senior official said.
"Twenty children were admitted to hospital for treatment and are now stated to be out of danger. They suspected to have developed food poisoning after consuming their midday meals. Of them, five to six students are still admitted, and a decision on their discharge will be taken after further observation," he said.
Bidar Deputy Commissioner Shilpa Sharma told PTI that the children are presently stable. Samples of the food served have been collected and sent for laboratory testing.
"Further action will be initiated based on the report. Disciplinary action will be taken against those found responsible," she added.
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Bengaluru: Maharashtra to appoint 135 Kannada teachers in border schools
Bengaluru: The Maharashtra government has issued a notification to appoint 135 Kannada teachers in Kannada-medium schools located in border areas, following intervention by the Karnataka Border Area Development Authority (KBADA).
According to The New Indian Express, speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, KBADA president Somanna Bevinamarad said the authority had visited several Kannada and Urdu medium schools in Solapur and Sangli districts of Maharashtra.
“While communicating with the Kannada community and students there, we understood that Marathi-speaking teachers who did not know Kannada were appointed in government Kannada schools. This has created a barrier in communication between teachers and children,” TNIE quoted him as saying.
Subsequently, the authority wrote to the Maharashtra government and the education commissioner requesting that Marathi-speaking teachers should not be appointed to teach Kannada. After sustained follow-up through the Karnataka government, Maharashtra has now agreed to appoint Kannada teachers.
“They have made necessary changes in the Pavitra portal which is used to appoint teachers in schools in Maharashtra. In future, the appointment of teachers would be done as per the required medium of instruction,” Bevinamarad said.
He said that if Kannada teacher posts remain vacant, the Maharashtra government will advertise the positions instead of appointing Marathi or other language teachers to teach Kannada.
