Shocked by the murder of teachers and students in Peshawar, teachers in the city have expressed the need for a value-based education for children which would prevent such attacks.
Rajendran K., postgraduate lecturer in Kendriya Vidyalaya-2, said education could prevent such attacks and impart values, foster brotherhood and respect for different religions.
Aloysius D’Souza, principal of Rosario High School, said the Peshawar incident was the result of an education that was thematic and professed an agenda. Such education, which lacks values, builds hatred, he added.
Navodaya Vidyalaya principal G.J. Sakrates said that children should not become victims of terrorist attacks and the attackers should have taken up the issue of perceived victimisation with the government rather than killing innocent children and teachers in the school.
Vaishali P Shetty, a Class 11 student, said,“This is a tragic incident where the young children have become victims of act of revenge. The world should unite in decrying the incident and ensure that those shooters are punished.”
Schools in Dakshina Kannada responded to the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to observe a two-minute silence and mourn the attack on schoolchildren in Pakistan.
While the Kendriya Vidyalaya 2 in Yekkur observed the two-minute silence around 11.30 a.m., the Lourdes Central School observed it after school prayers around 8.30 a.m. The St. Gerosa School observed it around noon. The Navodaya Vidyalaya and Rosario Secondary School did mourning during the school assembly time.
There were a few schools that were unaware of the call for mourning in the absence of instructions either from the Centre or the State. “Instructions were sent to schools after reading the morning newspaper,” said a Block Education Officer.
