BENGALURU: Karnataka on Tuesday extended the deputation of government teachers for the Socio-Economic and Academic Survey, popularly known as the caste census, pushing the completion deadline beyond the original October 7 cut-off due to incomplete enumeration.
The Commissioner of the Karnataka School Education Department, Surlakar Vikas Kishore, issued an order directing teachers to continue census duties in the five municipal corporation limits of Bengaluru till October 24 and in the rest of the state till October 12.
The decision has been taken in the backdrop of schools reopening after the Dusshera festival across the state.
The extension necessitated an immediate revision of the academic calendar, with Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa announcing that students in government and aided schools would attend half-day classes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until the survey's completion.