<p>A show-cause notice has been served on a primary school teacher for opposing School Education and Literacy Minister B C Nagesh's statement on the merger of 13,800 primary schools in the state.</p>.<p>M L Hanchate, the Deputy Director, Department of Public Instruction, has slapped the notice on Veeranna Madiwalar, a teacher at lower primary school, Ambedkar Nagar, Nidagundi, Raibag taluk, under the provisions of Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957.</p>.<p>"You have posted your opinion on social media that it is not a merger, but a massacre of 13,800 primary schools. It's a holocaust on the future of students of these schools. You have clearly violated guideline 3 of the rules. You should answer in three days why action should not be taken against you," the DDPI's notice states.</p>.<p>Madiwalar told DH,"I did not intend to protest nor oppose anybody. I just shared my concerns on the closure of the schools in just two days."</p>.<p>Madiwalar has updated the development of issuance of show cause notice on social media. Many have opposed the notice, besides criticising the government's move. Some have targeted Nagesh too.</p>
<p>A show-cause notice has been served on a primary school teacher for opposing School Education and Literacy Minister B C Nagesh's statement on the merger of 13,800 primary schools in the state.</p>.<p>M L Hanchate, the Deputy Director, Department of Public Instruction, has slapped the notice on Veeranna Madiwalar, a teacher at lower primary school, Ambedkar Nagar, Nidagundi, Raibag taluk, under the provisions of Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957.</p>.<p>"You have posted your opinion on social media that it is not a merger, but a massacre of 13,800 primary schools. It's a holocaust on the future of students of these schools. You have clearly violated guideline 3 of the rules. You should answer in three days why action should not be taken against you," the DDPI's notice states.</p>.<p>Madiwalar told DH,"I did not intend to protest nor oppose anybody. I just shared my concerns on the closure of the schools in just two days."</p>.<p>Madiwalar has updated the development of issuance of show cause notice on social media. Many have opposed the notice, besides criticising the government's move. Some have targeted Nagesh too.</p>