: Pushing children out of school: Govt. Schools Collect Donations from Parents #IndiaNEWSAll #Education This government is on the verge of collapse. It is a travesty that the government which gives

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Pushing children out of school: Govt. Schools Collect Donations from Parents #IndiaNEWSAll #Education
This government is on the verge of collapse. It is a travesty that the government which gives crores of rupees  to religious matts, suspicious people like Jaggi Vasudev etc. does not have funds to run schools B. Shripad Bhatt
The Karnataka government has sent a notification that a monthly donation of Rs 100 is collected from the parents of the children for maintaining the basic facilities of the government schools.
The Director of Public Education issued a circular on October 19, saying that the donation given by the parents under the name of Namma Shala Nanna Koduge'(Our school, my contribution) scheme should be used for basic facilities like paying the electricity bill, maintenance of toilets, etc. It is said that SDMC will be responsible for issuing receipts and keeping separate accounts.
There was strong objection in the public sector soon after this project was announced. Increasingly the economically poor, Dalits, and backward communities are sending their children to government schools. Objections have been raised that it is not right on part of the government to kick the stomach of those who are already suffering from price rises and unemployment.
Talking to gaurilankeshnews. com, State SFI Secretary K. Vasudevareddy expressed his outrage saying, “The new education policy says that resources should be allocated locally, but there is no mention of government grants. As a part of that policy, the government is implementing such schemes and keeping poor children out of school,”.
Thousands of children have dropped out of school after covid. In such a situation, it is not right for the government to collect money from parents already suffering from poverty. The previous government used to give Rs 2 per day as an incentive to the children coming to school. The Andhra government is giving 15,000 per annum to the account of mothers of girls attending government schools. But only the BJP government of Karnataka has stooped to such a low level of collecting donations from poor children.
Education expert Dr. VP Niranjanaradhya said, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that state governments should provide at least primary education free of charge to all children. According to 21A of the Constitution, education is a fundamental right of children. According to the Right to Education Act, free and compulsory education means free. It should not be restricted in any form. The state government should provide grants and basic facilities should be provided by local governments. But after Nagesh became the education minister, the violations of the law went beyond the limit. He should be fired, he expressed his displeasure.

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