Education expert and campaigner for public schooling V.P. Niranjanaradhya has strongly criticised the State government’s act of issuing a show-cause notice to a government primary school teacher, Veeranna Madiwalar, from Raibag in Belagavi district.
This smacks of a colonial mindset and continuation of ji huzoor culture. This needs to be condemned strongly.
“The Constitution gives everyone the fundamental right to speech and government employees are not exempt from it. The teacher has expressed his opinion about a policy of the government to merge schools. The government should have appreciated this as valuable feedback and not come down on him,’’ Dr. Niranjanaradhya said.
