AIDSO opposes extension of school holidays for survey work in Karnataka

The All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) has taken objection to the hold of holidays successful schools successful Karnataka to facilitate the completion of the Social and Educational Survey.

“The State authorities has extended holidays for authorities and aided schools for the intent of the Social and Educational Survey. This determination is undemocratic. There is nary uncertainty that it volition airs an obstacle successful providing prime acquisition to the children successful authorities and aided schools. Also, determination is simply a superior interest astir the emergence of a terrible disparity betwixt backstage schools and authorities schools with regards to this step,” the AIDSO said successful a connection here.

The organisation said that schoolhouse teachers are already handling non-teaching responsibilities and added that reports person emerged that the survey enactment has go an further work for the teachers.

“If schoolhouse holidays are extended, teachers volition beryllium nether unit to implicit the lessons successful a shorter time. Moreover, this enactment undermines the acquisition stableness of authorities schoolhouse students. It is regrettable that the schoolhouse holidays person been abruptly extended without an capable program to guarantee that the halfway relation of schooling — teaching and learning — is not hampered. This besides raises fears astir a diminution successful world results of authorities schoolhouse students,” it stated.

The AIDSO territory committee has truthful demanded that the government, keeping successful caput the acquisition aboriginal of the children, retreat the bid extending the holidays and instrumentality alternate measures for the survey enactment without sacrificing schoolhouse time, it said.