Karnataka: Education department official removed from post over alleged ‘public remarks’

The government has transferred D Ramachandra Naik, Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI), Dakshina Kannada District, apparently after a teacher at a private school in the city was found guilty of allegedly making anti-Hindu remarks And was fired. classroom.

An official communiqué said Naik has been transferred as a lecturer in a government teachers college in Belagavi. He will be replaced by Venkatesh Subraya Patagara, who has been serving as deputy director (planning) in the office of the additional commissioner, education department, Kalaburagi School.

The transfers are effective immediately, the statement said. Although it mentioned the transfer as part of a wider administrative reshuffle, there were clear indications it was ordered following controversy over the recent dismissal of a teacher at the city’s Santa Grossa English School.

Some teachers and members of the public were dissatisfied with the way DDPI handled allegations that the teacher had harmed the sentiments of a particular religious group.

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