Anurag Dhanda Questions BJP Over Assigning Teachers Dog Monitoring Work in Haryana

The Haryana government has ordered teachers and university staff to monitor stray dogs, prompting concerns about classroom time, teacher dignity, and broader educational quality amid widespread vacancies.

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-Oneindia Staff

Teachers
in
Haryana
are
facing
growing
anger
over
orders
assigning
dog
counting
and
monitoring
duties,
similar
to
recent
steps
in
Delhi.
In
Kaithal,
school
staff
have
started
sit-in
protests,
arguing
they
were
hired
to
teach
children,
not
track
stray
dogs
and
other
animals
across
school
premises
and
nearby
areas.

Protesting
teachers
say
that
extending
this
role
from
schools
to
universities
shows
a
wider
policy
shift.
They
argue
that
using
academic
staff
for
such
tasks
weakens
classroom
teaching
time
and
signals
an
official
approach
that
treats
educational
institutions
more
as
administrative
outposts
than
focused
learning
spaces.

Haryana
teachers
dog
duty
controversy
and
AAP’s
criticism
of
BJP
government

On
this
issue,
Aam
Aadmi
Party
national
media
in-charge
Anurag
Dhanda
has
sharply
criticised
the
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
government.
According
to
Anurag
Dhanda,
such
decisions
indicate
that
the
BJP
neither
cares
about
the
quality
of
education
nor
respects
the
professional
status
of
teachers
working
in
government
institutions.

Anurag
Dhanda
has
also
pointed
to
existing
gaps
in
Haryana’s
schooling
system.
Anurag
Dhanda
says
the
education
network
is
already
under
strain,
yet
the
government
is
pushing
teachers
into
non-academic
assignments.
Anurag
Dhanda
argues
this
diversion
of
staff
time
undermines
any
serious
attempt
to
repair
long-standing
weaknesses
in
public
education.

Haryana
teachers
dog
duty
orders
and
official
data
on
schools

Government
figures
underline
the
scale
of
the
challenge.
Haryana
has
around
14,000
government
schools,
while
more
than
30,000
sanctioned
teaching
posts
remain
vacant.
Roughly
85
to
90
per
cent
of
these
schools
have
no
permanent
headmaster,
and
some
campuses
run
with
a
single
teacher
handling
between
400
and
500
enrolled
students.

Despite
these
shortages,
the
Kaithal
District
Education
Officer
issued
an
order
on
24
December
2025
appointing
a
nodal
officer
in
every
school
to
watch
stray
dogs.
Under
this
direction,
teachers
must
now
track,
count
and
report
the
presence
of
stray
dogs
in
and
around
school
grounds,
alongside
existing
teaching
and
administrative
duties.

The
instruction
is
not
limited
to
school
teachers.
At
Maharshi
Dayanand
University
in
Rohtak,
a
separate
order
on
24
December
2025
assigned
professors
responsibility
for
monitoring
stray
dogs
within
the
university
campus.
Critics
say
this
confirms
that
teaching
centres
are
being
turned
into
general
monitoring
units,
reducing
attention
on
academic
work
and
research.

Haryana
teachers
dog
duty
debate
on
security
staff
and
recruitment

Anurag
Dhanda
has
questioned
why
this
load
is
placed
on
teachers
when
70
to
75
per
cent
of
government
schools
do
not
have
permanent
watchmen.
In
some
locations,
one
guard
is
allocated
to
two
or
three
schools,
leaving
buildings
exposed
at
night
and
raising
worries
about
property
security
and
student
safety.

According
to
Anurag
Dhanda,
if
the
state
is
genuinely
worried
about
stray
dogs
and
other
animals,
it
should
authorise
recruitment
of
separate
Pali
or
animal
control
staff
for
every
school
and
college.
Anurag
Dhanda
argues
that
using
trained
personnel
would
handle
the
problem
without
dragging
teachers
away
from
their
core
classroom
role.

Anurag
Dhanda
has
further
said
that
Chief
Minister
Nayab
Singh
Saini
must
clarify
whether
teachers
in
Haryana
are
expected
to
teach
or
guard
dogs.
Anurag
Dhanda
claims
the
BJP
government
has
already
turned
teachers
into
booth
level
officers,
watchmen,
and
now
dog
handlers,
damaging
the
dignity
linked
with
the
teaching
profession.

Party
leaders
from
the
Aam
Aadmi
Party
state
that
this
decision
affects
not
just
staff
morale
but
also
the
learning
future
of
lakhs
of
children
in
Haryana.
The
party
has
demanded
a
separate
recruitment
process
for
animal-related
tasks
and
an
immediate
halt
to
what
it
calls
the
ongoing
insult
of
teachers
in
the
state.

Aam
Aadmi
Party
has
argued
that
any
approach
which
treats
education
as
a
burden
and
teachers
as
forced
workers
will
face
resistance
from
Haryana
residents.
Critics
maintain
that
revisiting
these
dog
monitoring
orders,
addressing
teacher
vacancies
and
improving
support
staff
levels
are
essential
steps
if
the
government
wants
to
restore
trust
in
public
education.