Bidar, 3 March

The deputy director of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Saleem Pasha, has directed all block education officers (BEOs) in Bidar district to withhold the April salary of government school headmasters who fail to complete the online tasks assigned by the state government.

Tasks such as Apar progress updates, Aadhaar verification, Dropbox student data entry, updating student details and submitting the teachers' database report need to be completed online.

Login credentials for these tasks have been provided to the respective headmasters. Those who fail to complete the process will not receive their April salary, Pasha, told Salar News.

Despite several alerts, some headmasters have failed to complete these tasks. This has forced the District Project Coordinator (DPC) of Samagra Shiksha Karnataka, who is also the Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) to take action, Pasha said.

In 2024, Bidar district ranked last in online student data entry, which evoked the action by the DPC.

Pasha also said that Bidar district, which was at the bottom of the list in online data entry, is making progress.