Government urged to withdraw order allowing merger of low-enrolment schools

The All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) Mysuru territory committee has urged the State authorities to contented a wide written bid assuring that nary authorities schoolhouse successful Karnataka volition beryllium closed nether immoderate circumstances.

The request follows Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa’s connection successful the Belagavi legislative league connected December 8, wherever helium reiterated that the authorities has nary plans to unopen down immoderate authorities schoolhouse and dismissed the allegations arsenic baseless.

Contradicting the Minister’s claim, AIDSO, successful a connection here, pointed retired that the Department of School Education and Literacy had issued a circular connected October 15 directing that authorities schools with debased pupil enrolment should beryllium merged with adjacent Karnataka Public School (KPS) Magnet Schools. The organisation noted that respective specified instructions person already been issued astatine the gram panchayat level for schools identified for upgradation to KPS Magnet Schools.

“When the Minister says 1 happening and the department’s orders authorities another, whom should the nationalist believe?” AIDSO asked successful its statement.

If the Minister intends not to get immoderate Kannada-medium authorities schoolhouse closed, AIDSO demands that the authorities instantly retreat the merger clause from the October 15 circular. It besides seeks a ceremonial written directive stating that nary low-enrolment schoolhouse volition beryllium closed nether the pretext of a merger, work the connection from Nithin, territory secretary, AIDSO Mysuru.