Overview
- Delhi’s Directorate of Education directed all schools, stadiums and sports complexes to designate a point person for stray-dog issues and to mobilize teachers for a citywide census.
- District education officers must send consolidated district lists of nodal officers’ names, designations and contact details to the directorate for forwarding to the Delhi chief secretary, with no individual school replies accepted.
- Nodal officers’ contact information will be displayed prominently outside educational premises to serve as public points of contact for stray-dog concerns.
- The circular cites the Supreme Court’s November 7 order and a November 20 follow-up meeting, referencing fencing of institutions and Animal Birth Control rules for capture, vaccination, sterilisation and relocation of dogs.
- Teachers’ associations oppose the directive, warning of academic disruption and arguing that civic and animal-husbandry bodies should lead such tasks, noting similar disputes in other states.