Some schoolteachers abstain from survey obligation in Belagavi

Some schoolteachers have abstained from the Social and Educational Survey obligation, saying that their deputation is unfair and that they’re going through some technical points throughout enumeration.

Some members of the Karnataka State Primary Teachers Association submitted a letter to the State authorities saying that they may rethink their determination if it agreed to their demand of giving exemption to the previous, sick, pregnant and disabled lecturers.

They additionally requested the State authorities to repair technical points and cellular community issues confronted by enumerators.

Teacher representatives advised reporters right here on Wednesday that senior officers of the Social Welfare and the Education departments have given orders to them of deputation with out consulting them or acquiring their consent.

On Tuesday, they staged a protest in entrance of the Tahsildar workplace and submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. Most of them skipped work and didn’t report on Wednesday too.

There are clear guidelines that workers aged over 58, sick, disabled and pregnant shouldn’t be deputed to duties aside from instructing and administration. But such guidelines have been thrown to the wind. In some circumstances, even the names of useless workers and people who retired on September 30 have figured within the listing of enumerators. Also, the areas given to enumerators are away from their homes or colleges. This will trigger a variety of inconvenience, they mentioned.

President of town unit of the State Primary School Teachers Association Babu Sogalannavar mentioned that enumeration would have been simple in the event that they had been to be posted close to their homes or colleges.

“That has not been carried out. Also, some enumerators are going through cellular app associated and community points,” he mentioned.

“We will not be in opposition to conducting the survey. If the system is mounted, the survey may be carried out simply. Otherwise, we is not going to conduct the survey,” he mentioned.

District president of the State Primary School Teachers Association Jayakumar Hebbali mentioned that lecturers ought to be appointed for census the place they work.

“We gave an inventory to exempt some lecturers from the survey, together with these aged above 58, the disabled, pregnant girls and people affected by well being issues. However, it was not carried out,” he mentioned.

He mentioned that whereas the Education Department is keen to offer exemptions, the Social Welfare Department isn’t. “That is why we’re protesting,” he mentioned.