Government schools in Bijapur are yet to get uniforms

BIJAPUR: Students of government schools in Bijapur district haven't received uniforms though schools opened nine days ago. According to DDPI BN Hakim, "Yes, school uniforms haven't yet been supplied. The government placed an order with KHDC for supply of uniforms. But due to some problem, they haven't been supplied. Within a week, they'll be distributed to all children throughout the district." In this situation, students of the district are forced to wear last year's uniforms. But, in Bijapur city, the Government Primary Boys School No 6 in Ibrahimpur locality is an exception. For the past 15 years, this school's children don't wear uniforms supplied by the government. School authorities decide what the children should wear. The headmaster RA Kulkarni told TOI, "Our school has nearly 340 children. All of them wear chocolate-coloured trousers and white shirts. This dress code is fixed by the authorities. The uniform supplied by the state government is used by our students once a week." Kannada Boys School No. 12 teacher R K Surpur told TOI, "The school uniform supply has been delayed by the government. We've told students they can wear last year's uniforms. In some exceptional cases, we've given permission to wear their regular clothes for the time being." Kannada Boys School headmistress Dhali said: "The government supplies cloth and students stitch them as per their size. Given the delay in supply, we've given kids permission to wear any clothes." According to DDPI Hakim, "Nearly 85% of primary schools received textbooks in time, but some titles of books of Class 5 have been delayed due to transit problem. The total demand for textbooks was 19,45,853, as compared to 16,43,475 books supplied to the district. Of that, 13,70,976 books were distributed to schools."