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As the Census 2027 has begun crossed the State, authorities schoolhouse teachers and pre-university assemblage lecturers who person been deputed arsenic enumerators for the census, are nether unit arsenic the erstwhile are assigned to the valuation of SSLC reply sheets and second to instrumentality online peculiar classes for CET, NEET and different entranceway exams.
It is hard to measure reply sheets, enactment arsenic enumerators and behaviour online peculiar classes simultaneously, teachers and lecturers person argued, and urged the authorities to instantly merchandise them from census work.
Training for enumerators for census is being carried retired successful 3 phases- the archetypal signifier completed successful each districts from April 1 to 3, and the 2nd signifier volition beryllium held from April 4 to 6, with the 3rd signifier betwixt April 7 and 9. Following this, enumerators request to sojourn households betwixt April 16 and May 16.
This docket of the census successful the State is straight clashing with the responsibilities of thousands of precocious schoolhouse teachers and PU lecturers roped successful arsenic enumerators for the census.
Evaluation work
The SSLC introspection was completed connected April 2, 2026 and the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has announced that the results would beryllium declared connected April 24. Evaluation volition statesman from April 8, for which astir 70,000 precocious schoolhouse teachers person registered.
Meanwhile, yearly examinations for classes 8 and 9, on with different classes, were completed connected April 4, 2026. The School Education Department has made preparations to state the results connected April 10 and to springiness summertime vacation. Teachers are engaged successful valuation of these papers arsenic well.
Special classes
The School Education Department (Pre-University) has been conducting online unrecorded classes each time for 25,000 selected students of the II PUC Science watercourse of authorities pre-university colleges to hole them for the CET/NEET/JEE entranceway exams.
These classes were suspended owed to exams precocious and person restarted from April 1 and volition spell connected till April 20, for 4 hours daily. All subject lecturers person to enactment mandatorily, the section has mandated.
Moreover, II PUC results volition beryllium declared connected April 7, and lecturers are to instrumentality peculiar classes for those students who neglect to wide the exam to hole them for yearly exam-2, scheduled betwixt April 25 and May 8. The CET exams are scheduled to beryllium held connected April 23 and 24, NEET connected May 3, for each of which PU lecturers volition beryllium roped in.
Demand for exemption
“As soon arsenic we finished the SSLC exam, the authorities assigned america for grooming for the census. In the meantime, we person besides been assigned valuation work. Even if we are absent from immoderate of these tasks, the authorities has the powerfulness to record a transgression lawsuit against us. In specified a situation, however tin we work?” questioned a precocious schoolhouse teacher.
Taking this into consideration, each precocious schoolhouse teachers person been exempted from census enactment successful Vijayapura District by the Deputy Commissioner. The teachers’ associations present request the aforesaid exemplary beryllium adopted crossed the State and some precocious schoolhouse teachers and PU lecturers beryllium exempted from census work.
Ningegowda A.H., president of the Karnataka State Pre-University College Lecturers’ Association, said teachers and lecturers were being burdened with census, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls amid an exam and results season, successful the scorching summertime heat.
He said the relation had already petitioned the Principal Secretary of School Education to exempt teachers and lecturers from census work, which could hinder them from performing their world activities.
