The Karnataka Authorities on Tuesday prolonged the midterm holidays for presidency and aided faculties until October 18 to facilitate the completion of the continuing Socioeconomic and Instructional Survey carried out by the Karnataka State Fee for Backward Courses. The choice was made throughout a gathering chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to overview the progress of the survey.
Whereas the statewide train was scheduled to be held from September 22 to October 7, it’s being prolonged as not one of the districts has achieved 100 per cent completion of the door-to-door enumeration train.
Addressing a information convention, the chief minister stated that the Karnataka State Major Faculties Lecturers’ Affiliation had submitted a memorandum in search of just a few extra days to finish the survey. “The Authorities has determined to increase the vacation to all authorities and aided faculties until October 18,” he stated.
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Siddaramaiah stated that whereas there was 97 per cent progress in Koppal district, the survey in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have been lagging, having achieved 63 per cent and 60 per cent progress, respectively. “In all the state, survey work was not carried out as per our expectation,” he stated.
Responding to a query, he stated that there was poor progress within the first few days as a consequence of a number of points, together with technical issues. “It’s being carried out in a full-fledged method now,” he stated.
Lecturers from pre-university faculties, the place midterm exams are scheduled from October 12, will probably be exempt from the method, Siddaramaiah stated.
The survey’s progress in Bengaluru has been “very low”, the chief minister stated, noting that enumeration within the metropolis limits had began solely on October 3. Lecturers and different officers have assured the Authorities that the enumeration could be accomplished on October 19, earlier than Deepavali, he stated. For 46 lakh households in Bengaluru, 21,000 enumerators, which embody authorities officers and 6,700 academics, are concerned within the train.
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Siddaramaiah stated three academics had died whereas finishing up the survey and that every of their households could be given a compensation of Rs 20 lakh. To a query, he stated that though just a few districts would obtain 100 per cent progress within the subsequent couple of days, go away must be uniform throughout the state.
Particular lessons to cowl syllabus
To cowl the syllabus, particular lessons will probably be held at faculties the place holidays have been prolonged, Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar stated. A call will probably be made on the district stage on extending lessons by one hour in order to compensate for the additional holidays, he stated.
A day earlier, citing numerous delays and the sluggish tempo of enumeration in numerous elements of the state, the Authorities determined to increase the deadline for the continuing Socioeconomic and Instructional Survey until October 12. Within the areas below the Better Bengaluru Authority, the place the survey started late, the final date has been prolonged until October 24.
As of Monday night, of the full goal of 1.43 crore households within the state, the survey was accomplished in 1.10 crore homes (80.39 per cent). Within the course of, a inhabitants of 4.32 crore was lined by enumerators for the reason that survey started on September 22. In Bengaluru, the place the survey started final Saturday, 2.6 lakh of the goal of 39.82 lakh households have been lined thus far.