Children, their parents and representatives of social organisations on Saturday asked the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights to stop the government from going ahead with the process of redeployment of additional teachers of government schools.
They submitted a memorandum to Kripa Amar Alva, chairperson of the commission, asking her to take serious view of the violation of the right to quality education for government school students.
Two students from Government Higher Primary School in Padu Panambur said that with the redeployment of two teachers they are left with only four teachers for 66 students. Among these two who have left the school includes the school’s headmistress.
“More than anybody else, it’s the two students with mental disabilities who are missing her. She was taking great care of the two,” the student said.
A student from Government Higher Primary School in Kerekadu said they are left with no teacher for Hindi as she has been transferred to another school. They will also lose the service of the headmistress, who was retiring from service on August 31. The 77 students in the school will be left with only three teachers.
Mohammed Ali, a resident of Ualibettu, said the Government Primary School, which has been branded as a model government school, has not been spared from this process of redeployment of additional teachers.
The government had transferred four teachers from the school and has left the four remaining teachers to handle 168 students of eight classes. “Can such a school be called a model school?” he questioned.
Activist Renni D’Souza said this process of redeployment of teachers will ultimately lead to the closure of government schools. Another activist Lolaksha said the State government was denying children of quality education. He asked the commission to make a strong recommendation against redeployment of teachers.
