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SIO meets Karnataka minister over teacher recruitment exclusion
Representatives of the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) met Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa and Additional Chief Secretary Rashmi Mahesh on Monday. They submitted a memorandum alleging that the ongoing teacher recruitment notifications cover only Kannada and English medium schools, excluding thousands of Urdu, Marathi and Hindi medium government schools across the state.
The SIO cited 2024-25 data showing 3,934 operational government Urdu-medium schools in Karnataka, besides Marathi and Hindi medium institutions. It argued this omission violates Article 21A and the Right to Education Act, 2009. The delegation also noted that high school assistant teachers for mathematics have not been recruited.
The organisation demanded district-wise, school-wise, subject-wise and medium-wise vacancy details for all linguistic-minority government schools, a supplementary notification correcting the omissions, and an Urdu medium option for Paper-2 subject examinations. It also sought a one-time, additional five-year age relaxation for candidates this year.
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Karnataka has over 4,000 linguistic-minority government schools, mostly Urdu-medium, serving lakhs of students. Teacher vacancies in these schools have been pending for years, affecting the quality of instruction. The state government's recruitment drive currently covers only Kannada and English medium schools, which could face legal challenge under the RTE Act if it does not include minority language schools. The next step is whether the education department will issue a supplementary notification before the selection process advances.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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