Teachers hit back at CM Shivakumar and daughter over remarks
Aishwarya DKS Hegde said low efficiency, not a shortage of staff, was the problem in government schools; critics say the state is shifting the blame.
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Aishwarya DKS Hegde said teachers paid ₹1.1 lakh at a school her foundation supports were not coming in five days a week.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar also spoke of poor commitment, but said he did not mean all teachers.
Teachers, academics and a JD(S) MLC criticised the remarks and the plan to let private institutions adopt government schools.