Classroom first: Vedike wants teachers freed from election and census duties to focus on classrooms. (Image for representation only)
Vedike state president Moidin Kutty said the organisation supported monitoring teacher attendance and teaching standards, but opposed using individual lapses to discredit thousands of teachers or project private management as indispensable. “Rather than using private school profits for developing govt schools, the govt itself should allocate the necessary funds in its budget and develop every govt school equally,” he asserted. Vedike says school adoption risks shifting responsibility for public education from the govt to private institutions * Fee hike fear: Private-school profits could fuel commercialisation
Mangaluru: Karnataka State School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) Samanvaya Kendra Vedike has opposed the state govt’s move to encourage private educational institutions to adopt govt schools under corporate social responsibility (CSR), saying maintaining public schools is the govt’s constitutional responsibility, not a matter of private charity. Seeking greater accountability within the education department, the vedike called for filling vacant teaching posts and freeing teachers from non-teaching duties such as election and census work. It also demanded an immediate halt of the school adoption scheme, assured budgetary allocation for every govt school and safeguards for school land and other public assets.