Chhattisgarh principals are tasked with monitoring stray dogs at schools and reporting the presence of stray dogs in or around school premises, according to new guidelines issued by the State government.
While the school education department that issued these guidelines has stated that they have been issued in compliance with recent directions of the Supreme Court, the move has seen a backlash from the Opposition Congress and some section of teachers who say that this will increase the non-academic workload of the teachers.
Stray dogs case: A question of implementing SC order with ‘compassion’ and without inflicting ‘unnecessary pain’
“Acting on the orders passed by the Supreme Court and based on instructions from the state’s Livestock Development Department, the department has directed all schools to immediately implement protective measures. The principal of every school or head of the institutions has been designated as the nodal officer responsible for monitoring and reporting the presence of stray dogs in or around school premises,” read an official statement.
If stray dogs are spotted, the nodal officer must promptly inform the designated dog-catcher nodal officer of the concerned gram panchayat, janpad panchayat or municipal corporation, said in the guidelines.
