Ensure better SSLC performance by schools or resign, Aurad MLA Prabhu Chavan tells teachers
Bidar: Aurad MLA Prabhu Chavan has asked school teachers in the constituency to put in greater effort at improving the performance of schools in the SSLC examinations this academic year or submit their resignations.
The legislator, who chaired a review meeting and workshop held on Monday by the Department of Public Instructions for teachers from government schools, aided and unaided high schools at Aurad (B) taluk, expressed disappointment with the poor SSLC results of schools in the taluk last year and added that he was hoping for good results in the current year.
He said that teachers continued to promise excellent results in the examinations but failed to live up to the promise. He also pointed out that the pass percentage of Aurad (B) taluk had fallen from 82 to 55.
The legislator said that in spite of being provided well-qualified teachers, government schools were lagging in performance in the SSLC examinations. He asked the teachers to maintain punctuality while attending school and complete the syllabus on time. He also told them to hold special classes for weak students.
Chavan directed the block education officers (BEOs) to visit schools regularly and review the performance of the teachers. Warning officials not to cite teacher shortage as a reason for poor performance, he called upon teachers and the officers to work in coordination to improve the results.
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Dharmasthala Mass Burial Case: Complainant appears before SIT, questioned for over seven hours
Mangaluru: In a major development in the Dharmasthala mass burial case, the whistleblower, a former sanitation worker appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Mangaluru on Saturday, July 26. He was questioned for more than seven hours and recorded his statement before investigating officer Jitendra Kumar Dayama.
According to sources, the complainant’s legal team received a notice late on Friday night, July 25, summoning him for questioning at the newly established SIT office located at the PWD Inspection Bungalow (IB) in Mallikatte, Kadri. Two rooms within the bungalow have been reserved for the SIT’s operations.
A day earlier, senior officials from the SIT, including DIG M N Anucheth and DySP Dayama, reached Mangaluru and officially took over the case files from the Dakshina Kannada district police. The SIT is currently examining land survey records and other crucial documents related to the alleged burial sites as part of the probe.
The case, which has triggered widespread concern, is based on a complaint filed by the former employee who claimed that he had buried the bodies of several women and children on instructions from his superiors over a period spanning 20 years between 1995 and 2015. The complainant also submitted skeletal remains, reportedly exhumed from one of the alleged burial sites, as evidence to support his claims.
The Mangaluru rural police had registered a case based on the complaint on July 4. Following public pressure and demands for a fair probe, the Karnataka government constituted the Special Investigation Team on July 19.
The SIT is headed by senior IPS officer DGP Pronab Mohanty, who is also in charge of the Internal Security Division and Cyber Command. His appointment came after the complainant’s legal team appealed to the government to assign an impartial officer to lead the investigation.
