Former Chief Minister of Delhi and National Convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday, condemned the BJP-led state government for allegedly requesting all educational institutions, schools and stadiums to nominate Nodal Officers in matters related to stray dogs and report on the same. The government has however denied it and clarified that no orders were issued for teachers to manage or count stray dogs
In a post on X, Kejriwal wrote, "Will teachers in Delhi's government schools teach children, or will they count dogs on the streets instead?"He further launched an attack on the BJP government for "insulting teachers" through the order."This order from the BJP's Delhi government exposes their thinking and priorities. For the BJP, education is not even an issue; these people are insulting teachers and ruining schools," Kejriwal wrote.
BJP has maintained that the task is for schools to appoint nodal officers to coordinate with municipal bodies for safety measures. The Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) directed educational institutions to nominate a nodal officer to liaise with local authorities regarding stray dog issues on their premises, in compliance with a Supreme Court order, it said adding that the DoE statement explicitly said, "No directions have been issued by the Directorate of Education concerning the assignment of specific duties to teachers".
Moreover, Kejriwal glorified the AAP government's reign in Delhi over the ruling BJP government, saying that "AAP respected teachers while the BJP is bent on destroying everything."Kejriwal wrote, "When our government was in Delhi, we respected teachers, removed unnecessary burdens from them, and made children's education the topmost priority. We sent teachers abroad for training and improved the schools. Today, the BJP government is bent on destroying everything."The AAP convenor made the post in response to AAP's Delhi President Saurabh Bharadwaj's post, in which he shared a copy of the order and captioned it, "The BJP government issues absurd orders every day, see now the responsibility of stray dogs has been placed on teachers.
The notice in question was allegedly issued by the Caretaking Branch of the Delhi Directorate of Education, which further instructed schools to submit details of the Nodal officers in a specific format. The details should include the name, designation, contact number, and email of the Nodal officers. All the schools (government schools, aided schools, and unaided recognised schools), stadiums, and sports complexes will submit these details.
The directive has been issued in view of a previous order by the apex court dated November 7, 2025, and a follow-up meeting dated November 20, which was focused on top-priority safety measures. The government clarified that there was no such instruction to any educational institution to conduct a census of stray dogs
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