‘Earmark 25% of budget for ailing education sector’

  • | Saturday | 6th October, 2018

This will further reduce enrollment in government schools, he said.“Today, the Delhi government has been doling out 23% of the budget for the education sector, but Karnataka is not even spending 5% of its budget for education. He said the government should start pre-primary sections in primary schools to improve enrollment.“A major hurdle for teachers not completing the syllabus is teachers being entrusted with 65 other non-teaching assignments by the government. Standardisation of government schools is possible if the government earmarks 25% of its budget for schooling,” he said.The committee has also suggested filling up of 28,000 vacant teachers’ posts as good education cannot be expected by employing temporary teachers, Niranjanaradhya added. They are hardly finding time to engage in classes. “The government should implement at least a few recommendations to give a healing touch to the ailing schools without any delay,” he said.Niranjanaradhya said the government was merging government schools citing poor enrollment and at the same time officials were giving permission to new private near the government schools.

Dharwad: Stating that the condition of government schools was pathetic and needs immediate treatment, educationist Niranjanaradhya said government schools can exist only if the state government accepts at least a few recommendations of the committee set up to suggest measures to strengthen these schools.Delivering a keynote address at a conference on ‘Strengthening government schools’ at Naukara Bhavan organized by the All India Primary School Federation in Dharwad on Friday, he said committee made 21 recommendations. “The government should implement at least a few recommendations to give a healing touch to the ailing schools without any delay,” he said.Niranjanaradhya said the government was merging government schools citing poor enrollment and at the same time officials were giving permission to new private near the government schools. This will further reduce enrollment in government schools, he said.“Today, the Delhi government has been doling out 23% of the budget for the education sector, but Karnataka is not even spending 5% of its budget for education. Standardisation of government schools is possible if the government earmarks 25% of its budget for schooling,” he said.The committee has also suggested filling up of 28,000 vacant teachers’ posts as good education cannot be expected by employing temporary teachers, Niranjanaradhya added. He said the government should start pre-primary sections in primary schools to improve enrollment.“A major hurdle for teachers not completing the syllabus is teachers being entrusted with 65 other non-teaching assignments by the government. They are hardly finding time to engage in classes. They should be relieved from other duties and be allowed to hold classes,” he said.Speaking after inaugurating the conference, additional commissioner of public instruction Maj (retd) Siddalingayya Hiremath admitted that there were several problems haunting teachers but asserted that teachers still have abundant time to complete the syllabus.Karnataka State Primary Teachers' Association president V M Narayanswamy, All-India Primary School Teachers' Federation vice-president Basavaraj Gurikar and others also spoke.Caption: Additional commissioner of public instruction Siddalingayya Hiremath speaks at a conference of teachers in Dharwad on Friday (TOI)

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