Class 6 has nearly 41 students enrolled, but only 36 attend regularly because some are long absentees and others are ill. Class 6 is a Kannada medium school with students who are multilingual in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu. The majority of the children, however, could communicate in Kannada. Because of their parents' socioeconomic status, they are socially marginalized. The interaction/relationship between the teacher and the students does not appear to be good. Corporal Punishment appears to exist (Teachers walk with stick to Classrooms). Teachers believe that it is difficult to manage children without a stick, and that children will only listen if a stick is used. | Class 6 has nearly 41 students enrolled, but only 36 attend regularly because some are long absentees and others are ill. Class 6 is a Kannada medium school with students who are multilingual in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu. The majority of the children, however, could communicate in Kannada. Because of their parents' socioeconomic status, they are socially marginalized. The interaction/relationship between the teacher and the students does not appear to be good. Corporal Punishment appears to exist (Teachers walk with stick to Classrooms). Teachers believe that it is difficult to manage children without a stick, and that children will only listen if a stick is used. |