Ludhiana, May 8 -- Even after official directions limiting census duty deployment to only 50% of the staff in government schools, teachers across the district claim that the ground reality remains unchanged, with several schools still functioning with severely reduced staff strength. In many cases, even teachers who are single-handedly managing schools have been assigned census duties, and the teachers from other schools are sent on deputation to keep basic academic activities running.

The 50% cap was announced following a meeting chaired by the additional deputy commissioner (Jagraon) last month, where officials had clearly stated that not more than half of the staff from any school would be assigned census duties.

However, according t...