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- Members of the Anjuman Islam Committee from Hanagandi village in Teradal taluk submitted a memorandum to tehsildar Vijayakumar Kadakol demanding the recruitment of Urdu-medium teachers.
- Karnataka has an estimated 4,000 Urdu-medium schools, and around 3,000 Urdu teacher posts lie vacant, according to the committee.
- The state government has issued a notification for recruiting 15,000 teachers, but none have been allotted to the Urdu medium, the memorandum states.
- The committee says the absence of Urdu-medium teachers in subjects like mathematics, science and social science is pulling down learning levels of children in rural areas, including in Bagalkote district.
- The demand matters because the committee has warned it will launch a street protest if the government does not act quickly on Urdu-medium teacher recruitment.
What to watch next
- Whether the state government allots any of the 15,000 notified teacher posts to the Urdu medium
- Whether the Anjuman Islam Committee goes ahead with its threatened street protest
- Any response from the tehsildar or district administration to the memorandum
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