Mangaluru: Several schools in the Dakshina Kannada district discussed the teachers when they were forced to close after a pandemic hit the possibility of hiring them, now the educational institution prepares to return to normal.
Last week, the government allowed schools to conduct classes on campus for grade 1 to 5 from October 25.
Class 6 and above have been reopened before.
While some schools plan to hire staff, others say they will manage by hand on the deck and will recruit fresh staff later in the academic year depending on the pandemic situation.
Most of the schools have also decided to restore the teacher who must have a relationship with half or even a salary that is even less last year.
Moosabba P Beary, Vice President, DK District Secondary School Association, said private schools planned to recruit staff, especially subject teachers.
He also said the school had begun to pay 75% of salaries to staff.
After school continued from October 25, they will be given a full salary, he said.
“It might still be impossible for schools that serve low-income groups to pay full salaries,” Moosabba said.
“Many schools are shaken under the financial crisis.
They have asked parents to pay half the cost in advance and the rest with installments.” The headmaster in a village on Bantwal Taluk said they would manage with whatever staff they had today.
“There is a possibility of the third wave.
We will think of re-employing the old staff depending on the situation,” said the principal.
Besides lay-off, some teachers have stopped school after their salary is cut.
While some joining other institutions, other people who failed to land work elsewhere began to make a living with rolling beedis and selling vegetables and fish.
Most teachers who lose their jobs are non-subject teachers who teach computers, art, yoga, drawing and music.
“Our school has begun to pay us 50% of our salary, but we have not received an increase over the past two years even though school fees are collected without discounts from children,” said a teacher from a famous school in Mangaluru.
“We cannot meet household costs with low wages.” Malleswamy, Deputy Director of Public Instruction, DK, said they had received permission to recruit guest teachers in the government and secondary school assisted.
“There is no communication about the recruitment of teachers in primary and higher primary schools,” he said.