Recently there was a news that all the teachers and principals teaching in Delhi schools will now count the stray dogs. Rekha Gupta government of Delhi has completely denied any such news. While issuing the press release, Delhi Government Minister Ashish Sood has clearly said that no such order has been issued by the government. The BJP government has called it a conspiracy hatched by the opposition party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Delhi government has issued a clarification regarding the counting of stray dogs. Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood said that AAP has spread false news. Aam Aadmi Party has spread a false and malicious news on social media regarding counting of dogs by teachers. In this regard, it is clarified that no such instruction has been issued by the Education Department.

Education Directorate denied the news

A day before this, the news was going on that teachers of government and private schools would count the stray dogs on the road. Reportedly, the Directorate of Education of Delhi Government has given orders to all the District Education Officers to appoint nodal officers from educational institutions for the enumeration campaign. However, now the Delhi government has clearly denied the news and has given any order regarding this news.

The Delhi government has issued a clarification regarding this and said that there is no mention in it regarding counting of stray dogs.

Teachers organizations had expressed their displeasure

Teachers organizations had expressed their displeasure over the issuance of the order. After this, teachers organizations opened a front against the government. Teachers believe that education is a sacred profession and they are constantly being engaged in non-teaching duties.

The question of the teachers union is that why the work of counting stray dogs was not given to the Animal Husbandry Department? What will happen to the educational quality in schools in the absence of teachers? Will this not hurt the respect of teachers in the society?

Once again the issue of stray dogs is in discussion in the country. But this time this matter has started after a government instruction. In fact, instructions have been issued to deploy teachers from government and private schools to count stray dogs in Delhi.

This order has been issued by the Directorate of Education, under which the District Education Officers have been asked to appoint nodal officers and send the details of the selected teachers. This instruction is related to public safety and compliance with the Supreme Court order of 7 November 2025.

Instructions and administrative procedure of Directorate of Education

The Directorate of Education has clearly said that this exercise of counting stray dogs will be done in coordination with the Office of the Chief Secretary of Delhi Government. District education officers have to identify teachers in their respective areas and prepare the list through nodal officers.

After this, this information will be sent to the office of the Chief Secretary of GNCTD through the Directorate of Education. According to the Directorate, this process has been adopted keeping in mind the increasing public safety concerns in the city and no laxity should be taken in this.

Teachers organizations are protesting

Various organizations of teachers have opposed this order and raised questions as to why this responsibility is being given to teachers instead of departments related to animal welfare or municipal corporation. Organizations say that deployment of teachers in non-academic work will affect the education of students and will also weaken the dignity of the teaching profession.

He has also warned that such continuous orders can have a negative impact on the education system. However, the administration also said that earlier similar orders had been issued in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh.