Exclusive allocation of IT teachers to KPS schools opposed

The reported determination of the State authorities to allocate each 2,500 recently announced Information Technology (IT) teacher posts exclusively to Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) has drawn disapproval from pupil activists, who allege that the determination discriminates against agrarian authorities schools already facing terrible unit shortages.

The Mysuru territory committee of the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) has powerfully opposed the preservation of each recently created IT teacher posts for KPS institutions.

The authorities precocious announced the recruitment of 2,500 IT teachers arsenic portion of its inaugural to present machine acquisition from Class I successful authorities schools crossed Karnataka. However, AIDSO argued that the benefits of the programme should beryllium extended to each authorities schools alternatively than being concentrated successful a azygous class of institutions.

AIDSO District Secretary Nithin alleged that KPS schools had besides been fixed penchant during the caller recruitment of 11,000 impermanent teachers and successful teacher transportation processes. “Rural authorities schools person served generations of mediocre and marginalised students. Yet, the authorities is progressively prioritising the comparatively caller KPS system,” helium said.

The organisation stated that statewide protests are already being conducted nether the enactment of AIDSO and the Save Public Education Committee against the merger of agrarian authorities schools with KPS institutions. In a connection here, it alleged that beardown nationalist absorption has prevented the closure of respective authorities schools, but authorities are present attempting to weaken them by diverting resources, infrastructure and teaching unit to KPS schools.

AIDSO claimed that astir 7,000 schools crossed the State are functioning with lone 1 teacher. It noted that schools successful North Karnataka and the Kalyana Karnataka portion proceed to look acute staffing shortages contempt having important pupil enrolment.

The organisation urged the authorities to prioritise recruitment and deployment of teachers successful understaffed agrarian schools earlier allocating resources to KPS institutions. It besides appealed to students, parents and educationists to fortify the “Nammura Shaale Ulisi” (Save Our Village School) question to safeguard authorities schools successful agrarian areas.