The state government is committed to implement moral education in government schools. But School Education and Literacy Minister BC Nagesh clarified on Monday that no proposal to provide sattvic food in government schools is under the government’s scrutiny.
He clarified this while replying to a question raised by Member KA Thippeswamy in the Legislative Council.

All suggested that moral education should be given at the school level. Efforts have been made to implement it from next year. Therefore, in this situation train teams, it is not right to weigh moral education and sattvic food in the same scale, the minister said.

Responding to this, the Parishad Chairman opined that there is a need to teach moral education in schools.

Also, the minister who raised the egg issue has not received any proposal related to sattvic food to the government. He said that such a proposal has not been scrutinized.

There has been a debate since 2007 that eggs should be given from class one to class eight. But it was not possible to give. Despite the opposition, our government piloted egg donation in districts where malnutrition was high. The result is also complementary. Therefore, steps have been taken to provide eggs in all parts of the state in the coming days. At present eggs are given 46 days a year. The minister said that there is a thought to extend it for more days.

Children who do not eat eggs are given bananas or chickpeas. Children can choose the food they like. There is no compulsion. The Minister made it clear that no one is insisting that eggs should be eaten or not.

Earlier, Opposition leader BK Hari prasad said that only 3.6 percent of children in the state are getting nutritious food. A recent study reports that the rest do not. When there was a discussion that eggs should be given in state schools, out of 48 lakh children, 37 lakh children wanted eggs, while 10 lakh children said no.

Council members pointed out to the minister the delay in promotion as pre-graduate lecturer here has been a delay in the preparation of the seniority list following the Supreme Court order in the case of special status given to the Karnataka part of Kalyan and sanctity. Therefore, the government has given the reason for the delay in promotion. It is pending since 12 years. Members questioned why there was such a delay.

Earlier, in a meeting presided over by the then Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, promotion should be given in the ratio of 50:50. It was decided that direct promotion should be considered without conducting the written test. When asked to implement it, the Minister replied and assured the members that a meeting will be called before the end of this session to discuss and take a decision.