In the now-showing Kannada movie ‘Sarkari Hiriya Pratamika Shaale, Kasargodu: Koduge Ramanna Rai’, Director Rishab Shetty narrates the condition of government Kannada schools. The movie, based on the Director’s real-life incident, narrates the story of a School Head Master who struggles to keep the school running against all odds. Like the reel-life Head Master, effectively played by Ananth Nag, there are many real-life Head Masters who struggle every day to run government schools where the strength and infrastructure are poor. On the occasion of Teachers’ Day on Sept. 5 to commemorate the 130th Birth Anniversary of Second President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who had a stint as a Philosophy Professor at Maharaja’s College, Mysuru, this Weekend Star Supplement highlights the efforts of Sarkari teachers in running schools against stiff competition from mushrooming private schools and also features some schools that bring out the feel-good factor.
Compiled by B.C. Thimmaiah with inputs and photos from S.T. Ravi Kumar, M.T. Yogesh Kumar, Rajkumar Bhavasar, M.B. Pavan Murthy and M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav.
