Odisha: Teachers become cash footsoldiers for Naveen Patnaik government's ‘populist’ measures
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 28 February 2024 | The Telegraph
A primary school teacher in Odisha’s Cuttack city has got an unusual assignment.
The state has directed him and several hundred other teachers in Odisha to distribute government assistance of Rs 1,000 in cash among cardholders under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
Academics have cited several such instances of misuse of educational institutions by state and central governments for populist measures. Ashok Agrawal, a member of Delhi University’s Court and an advocate fighting cases of violation of the Right To Education (RTE) Act, said neither the Centre nor the states were bothered about the education of children in government schools since they belonged to the poorest sections…