Vidyagama scheme in Karnataka is seen to be in massive trouble. After public indignity over Karnataka government’s Vidyagama programme, the Primary and Secondary Education Minister B Suresh Kumar on Saturday announced that he has directed the education department officials to momentarily close the programme. Vidyagama program began two months ago after which district administrations in Belagavi and Kalaburagi conducted random COVID-19 tests for schoolchildren. Twenty-three students in Belagavi and four in Kalaburagi tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks.
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B Suresh Kumar wrote in a Facebook post, “I have noticed the opinions expressed in some sectors regarding the Vidyagama program that has been implemented in the state. Vidyagama program was implemented by keeping the welfare of the children of the economically backward families in mind. However, the Principal Secretary of the Education Department has been directed to temporarily stop the Vidyagama program until its relevant analysis is completed by the Education Department."
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Under the Vidyagama scheme, educators at government schools had to go door to door, gather students at an open place like a playground or temple near their residences and give them notes and clarify doubts regarding the lessons taught they were learning. While this program brought relief to students who did not have access to the internet, parents in the M Thimmapur village in Belagavi district's Ramdurg did not allow teachers to even enter the village on Friday after 23 students tested positive. They claimed that the teachers were constantly traveling and spreading the infection to the children.
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