CSE · GS-4Official PYQ · CSE 2015 · Q10Ethics · Case Studies · 20 marks · 250 words
English
You are the Sarpanch of a Panchayat. There is a primary school run by the government in your area. Midday meals are provided to the children attending the school. The Headmaster has now appointed a new cook in the school to prepare the meals. However, when it is found that the cook is from Dalit community, almost half of the children belonging to higher castes are not allowed to take meals by their parents. Consequently the attendance in the school falls sharply. This could result in the possibility of discontinuation of midday meal scheme, thereafter of teaching staff and subsequent closing down the school. (a) Discuss some feasible strategies to overcome the conflict and to create right ambience. (b) What should be the responsibilities of different social segments and agencies to create positive social ambience for accepting such changes?
हिन्दी
आप एक पंचायत के सरपंच हैं। आपके क्षेत्र में सरकार द्वारा चलाया जा रहा एक प्राइमरी स्कूल है। स्कूल में उपस्थित होने वाले बच्चों को दिवस-मध्य भोजन (मिड-डे मील) दिया जाता है। हेडमास्टर ने अब भोजन तैयार करने के लिए एक नया रसोइया नियुक्त कर दिया है। परंतु जब यह पता चला कि रसोइया दलित समुदाय का है, उच्च जातियों के बच्चों में से लगभग आधों को उनके माँ-बाप भोजन करने की इजाज़त नहीं देते हैं। फलस्वरूप स्कूल में बच्चों की उपस्थिति तेज़ी से घट गई। इसके परिणामस्वरूप दिवस-मध्य भोजन की योजना को समाप्त करने और उसके बाद अध्यापन स्टाफ को हटाने और बाद में स्कूल को बंद कर देने की संभावना पैदा हो गई। (क) इस संघर्ष पर काबू पाने और सही एवं सुखद वातावरण बनाने की कुछ साध्य रणनीतियों पर चर्चा कीजिए। (ख) ऐसे परिवर्तनों को स्वीकार करने के लिए सकारात्मक सामाजिक सुखद वातावरण बनाने हेतु विभिन्न सामाजिक खंडों और अभिकरणों के क्या कर्तव्य होने चाहिए?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2015 (English and Hindi). Source
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Ethics · Case Studies
Case studies on the above issues.
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