Mumbai:
A man was sprawled on a chair with his legs up on the table, sleeping soundly and snoring. There would have been nothing unusual about this scene except for the fact that it was captured at a school in Maharashtra and the man in question is a teacher who was napping in a classroom full of children.
The teacher, VK Munde, teaches at a Marathi-medium Zila Parishad school in Gadegavan village in Jalna district. A video of him taking a nap in class has gone viral.
The video shows Mr Munde in deep sleep as 15-20 students study around him. The man shooting the video asks a student how long the teacher has been asleep and she, hesitatingly, says half an hour. The teacher then wakes up, stretches and appears unfazed at being caught.
A complaint was made to the Zonal Education Officer, Satish Shinde, who has said that an investigation will be conducted and necessary action will be taken.
The incident has, once again, revived the debate on the quality of education provided to students in government schools
