Teachers turn up in schools in a tipsy condition

Two teachers of a Government primary school in north Karnataka’s Raichur district were suspended from service after they turned up for taking classes in a tipsy state.

The two teachers, including a lady, have been accused of not only misbehaving with their colleagues and students in an inebriated condition, but also pouring liquor into the vessel containing food to be served for the children as part of the mid-day meal scheme.

A few staff members of the school and members of the School Development and Monitoring Committee (SDMC) learnt about the incident and prevented the meals from being served to the children.

Soon after the matter was brought to the notice of the senior officials of the Education Department, a preliminary inquiry was conducted and the two teachers Narasimhalu and Usha were kept under suspension.

The incident took place in Mailapur Government primary school in Raichur district. The Deputy Director of Public Instruction Amrut Bettad said a high level inquiry will be conducted into the shocking incident and disciplinary action would be taken against the two teachers on receipt of the report.

The Mailapur incident comes close on the heels of a similar episode in a school in Raichur’s Battur village in Shratti taluk, where a woman physical education teacher turned up in school in a drunken state and kicked up a ruckus.

The frequent reports of teachers turning up in schools in a tipsy state has alarmed the Education Department authorities, who are planning to give exemplary punishment to the teachers when they are found guilty.