308 teachers posted in 270 Karnataka schools with zero enrolment: UDISE+ report
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has appointed 308 teachers to 270 schools that currently have no students enrolled, according to the Union government’s Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) report for 2024-25.
The Deccan Herald reported that the data shows that while several schools with higher enrolments face shortages of teaching staff, teachers continue to be retained in schools without a single student. However, the number of such cases has significantly reduced compared to last year. In 2023-24, 1,572 teachers were deployed in 1,078 schools with zero enrolment. This year, the figure has come down to 308 teachers in 270 schools.
Officials from the School Education and Literacy Department defended the move, stating that maintaining staff in such schools is part of the government’s policy of not shutting down institutions. “The idea is to encourage admissions. If teachers are present, parents may be more willing to send their children,” a department official said. Some schools with just one student also have teachers posted.
Educationists point out that in several regions, especially those with geographical barriers, the presence of a teacher is essential even when enrolment is negligible. “Since posts cannot be abolished, it is possible that teachers are shown against such schools in the survey but deputed elsewhere,” explained development educationist V. P. Niranjanaradhya.
The UDISE+ 2024-25 report also highlights the scale of single-teacher schools in Karnataka. There are 7,349 such schools catering to 2.23 lakh students. Last year, the figure was higher, with 7,821 single-teacher schools accommodating 2.74 lakh students.
While the enrolment distribution ratio shows that 8.1 per cent of schools in the state have fewer than 10 students, 11.7 per cent have between 11 and 20, while only 6 per cent have more than 500 students, Karnataka has 74,859 schools with a combined enrolment of 1.17 crore students.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
