Bengaluru, July 3 -- Shashi Kumar, the general secretary of the Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS), criticised the state Education Department following a harrowing incident at a day care centre in Bengaluru, alleging that the government is "closing its eyes" to the illegal operation of thousands of unregistered centres.

Speaking on the incident, Kumar blamed the lack of regulatory oversight for the lapse in child safety.

"It is unfortunate, but again the blame goes on the Education Department because there is a clear law, 2018, according to the Education Act, every pre-primary school should get registered. If they are not registered, they are not accountable. This is what we see--the unfortunate i...