Sullia: Truant student gives dutiful teachers a tough time


Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Sullia (EP)

Sullia, Mar 20: An attempt by teachers to bring back a student into school was met with a threat to life followed by a chase over the hills, courtesy none other than the student herself!

The incident occurred in Sullia taluk.  The teachers who went to bring a female student back to school had to jump fence and walk through hills and forests to catch hold of her. The student Suma (name changed) had not come to school for many days.

As the department of education and the high court is insisting that the teachers monitor school dropouts, the teachers had formed a group of students and teachers for the hunt of the girl.  When they first reached the house, the student went hiding on the hill behind the house.  The teachers had spoken to the parents regarding compulsory education under right of education act which holds the parents responsible if the children stay away from schools for long periods and had come back after requesting them to send the child back to school.

Unfortunately the child had not come to school even after two days. As she had taken a note book from her classmate and had not returned it, the classmate was also facing hardship.  In the circumstances it was necessary for the teachers to try again.  They hired an auto and went to the house of the student with an army of other school children.

As they reached the verandah, Suma pointed at the toilet and said Suma was over there.  When the teacher reached there, the latch of the toilet was tied with a cloth.  When her father struggled and opened the door, Suma was sitting coiled at the corner of the toilet.  When she saw her father and teachers, she threatened "Hattira Bandare Kolluthene" (I will kill you if you come closer).

The teachers who took courage asked her if she is ill and held her hand and brought her out.  "You should come to school.  But you did not come. Have you brought the book of another student?" they asked. She whispered that she has not.  When the teachers asked her to check in her bag and sent her in, she escaped and fled to the hills by the back door.

When the teachers found that she did not come back, her father said that she might have fled.  The teachers again went after her. They ran to the hill to where Suma had gone.  When she jumped over to another compound over the thorny fence, they too jumped over it.  They got cuts and wounds while jumping over bushes and thorny plants.

However they caught her in the end.  They spoke affectionately to her and brought her to the school.  They explained the need to study. Suma agreed to everything.  However, unfortunately Suma has remained absent from school from the next day itself. The teachers who are tired of going after her have started action under RTE that makes parents responsible if the children do not attend school and have initiated action against the parents of Suma.

The teachers are put into quandary that after RTE act, they have to shoulder additional responsibility to remain outside the school when the children do not come to school.

It may be recalled that the high court has released a circular to the government asking it to form an authority to identify young children who discontinue studies. The headmaster and the teachers have to monitor children who give up studies.  As the job is difficult, it is necessary to form an authority, said the bench.

An authority should be formed at the school level and identify children who stay away for more than seven days at a stretch from school.  The authority should send a notice to the parents of children
asking the reason for the absence and obtain their answer.  The bench has said that the authority should conduct investigation and it is necessary to bring amendments to the law.

The gram panchayat citizenship committee or district children's welfare committee can also be called to identify children who have given up school. After knowing the reason for skipping the school, they can be kept in the hostel, said the seat.

The teachers hope that they will be relieved of the tension at least after the creation of attendance authority.

  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Fri, Mar 21 2014

    Great commitment from teachers.Well done.All the best.Thanq.

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  • Dinesh pj, sullia

    Fri, Mar 21 2014

    Teacher done a good job

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    With Care and Love only can change the minds of such students.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    C.K.Dayananda,Mangalore,as per your saying we are going to School, later to earn Money and govt.is spoiling unnecessarily mixing.what a thought!we are going to School to learn and behave with society and with People around us.education is not to neglect.That Girl must be having some other Problems thats why she is avoiding School.There are students who smell School area.because of unforgettable experience ,bad or so.thatswhy fineness is needed from home or teacher,friends.

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  • C K DAYANANDA, MANGALURU

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Some children are not good at studies. It is all God's creation.

    It is not fair to harass the children and parents in the name of compulsory and right to education.

    Learning the family profession and helping the parents is also a process of education.

    Now-a-days, they can earn money from the childhood itself if they go after family profession.

    The govt. is spoiling the social system by interfering unnecessarily in every aspect in life.

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  • Rohith Shetty, London, Hebri

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    they should counsel the girl, chasing her doesn’t help. She is a kid, may be going through some kind of phobia...I liked her guts, I always had such stupid ideas when I was a kid, but never had courage to ute them..

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  • D.P.SHETTY, Bahrain

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Guru devo bava,may god bless you teacher

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  • Roshan, Abudhabi

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    That is a high court order!!! Else who will jump compound wall without caring thrones??

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  • rose, banglore

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Teachers !!!!
    These days they r responsible for everything.. i got to know, like for school building, trees inside school compound, protecting school land from encroachment, election duty,bringing back outs, census, cooking daily food to students, marinating free cycle, boiling milk. When they will get time for teaching

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  • Vicky D, Dubai

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    All teachers should be properly trained in running, jumping, climbing trees, climbing mountains to bring back all runaway students

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  • Nagaraja Mudur, Mudur Kundapura

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Good, Teacher done a good job...

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  • BNC, MANGALORE

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    GOOD WORK BY A TEACHER,
    What to do with such students? It's very simple to change them,
    Failed students or insulted students always remain last or you can say they will never attend classes.
    To change them and to bring them to school - teachers should give them some responsibilities
    Make them class leader or give them some kind of good works, so they will grow their confidence
    And slowly they will manage to build their knowledge. and I am sure they will work hard to prove them self
    And they will bring that change in them,

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  • Subash Pai, Mangalore/Dubai

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    It's important to send her to counselling and to know what she wants. Forcing will lead to untoward result. Nice to know right to the compulsory education system in India. This will change India. In the USA any child roaming on the roads during school hours are questioned by the authorities. If not a valid reason given the authorities will contact the parents. Education only en light the mind of people and bring them out of religion based thoughts. Jai Hind.

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  • Henry misquith, Bahrain

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    The current system of education is a stress for the children as all parents wants then to run in the rat race. Here this noble teacher did her best,hats off.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Somehow I feel this girl will be the most popular leader in one field or the other and make our region proud in the years to come! She may set up a most Prestigious Educational Institution also ! You never know-do you?

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  • Aiden Rubel, Mumbai/Qutar

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    This is the main reason I read daijiworld news, to read all the jokes that people make out of a serious situation.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    For starters, try separating ,'jokes'
    from the 'serious' O.K?
    ...What Tohfa Kabool Kero? Your joke
    aa?
    What do you know about Sullia- 'One time wonder'?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Mamu. Tussi great ho, you think 100 years ahead of our time...

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  • Aiden Rubel, Mumbai/Qutar

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    arrey yaar, you forgot the tofa qubool kero!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    True Jossey, you think back 100
    don't you?
    For all those wonder struck please read carefully once again the 'place' from where this news has come.Sullia Right? Know K. Venkatramana Gowda any one?
    Know him?? His educational qualifications....? What does his name stand for now?

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Yes Bhandarakar, she could be very good hurdles athlete,

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Thank you Teacher for your sincere effort and noble action, else who cares for absenteeism of children at their school? I wish every school could get a Teacher like this. Dear Parents, it’s your duty to send your children to school to get at least minimum education so that they can live anywhere in this beautiful World. I have realized in my own life that, when you have nothing in your life, but education can make our life blossom. Only Education can gain everything whatever is not affordable in your normal life. A few may claim that they are not academically clever to digest everything while pursue an education but their claim is not tenable since human brain has no limitation at all. How come an uneducated person can count Lakhs of Crores of rupees in his hands? How come an uneducated person can play with WiFi Model Mobile Hand Sets? It means your brain is working superbly but only at your will

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  • Karan, katapadi/Dubai

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    Teachers did their job. Now, its parents' job to convince her. If not, she may be having some other talent or want to do something.

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  • Ramesh S, mangalore

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    RAHUL BABA ne RTE laake teacher/parents ki waat laaga dhi!!..Food bill/RTE brought in hurry burry without analIsing pros & cons just to get political mileage..If child not ready to go school, parents will punished..If parents not send children, both parents & teachers get punished..even there is lot of confusion in school management regarding admission on RTE..Now, a days teachers has to teach, cook, serve and hunt for students in the hills!!

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  • Tracy Rubel, Mumbai/Qutar

    Thu, Mar 20 2014

    These sorts of students should not be tolerated. It's not the teacher's job to go looking for the child, she is the parent's responsibility likewise if the child doesn't attend school, then there should be a fine for the parents and the teachers should not be made involved. Their job is to teach, not go hunting around for students who didn't come to school.

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