CJP flags poor teacher deployment due to SIR duty, sanitation concerns after Karnataka school visits
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) reported that 80% of surveyed government schools in Karnataka suffer from poor sanitation and infrastructure. They also criticized the practice of assigning teachers to non-teaching election duties, which disrupts classroom learning.
Why it matters
The findings highlight systemic issues in public education, specifically regarding teacher shortages and facility maintenance.
After surveying more than 50 government schools in Karnataka as part of its national ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said that around 80% of them suffer from unsanitary conditions.
While the CJP Karnataka team has been visiting schools for about a month, CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and CJP national secretary Afreen Nawaz, along with the team, visited four government schools in Bengaluru in the last few days.
The team, after interacting with students, staff and teachers at government schools in J.P. Nagar, Marathahalli, Yeshwantpur and Government Urdu School, Varthur, flagged a shortage of teachers due to SIR duties, unhygienic toilets, and a lack of infrastructure as some of the main issues.
According to Mr. Ranka, eight of nine teachers in the Sarjapur school were assigned SIR duties, and three of four teachers at the Marathahalli school were on SIR duty.
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