You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit community; parents of many higher-caste children stop them from eating meals, attendance falls sharply, and the school and scheme could ultimately close.(a) Discuss feasible strategies to overcome the conflict and create the right ambience.(b) What responsibilities should different social segments and agencies assume to create a positive social environment for accepting such change?
What the examiner wants
For the case beginning ‘You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit community; p’, resolve the Case Study dilemma by identifying its specific stakeholders and competing duties, comparing feasible options, and choosing a legally defensible, ethically reasoned course with safeguards.
Demand-wise check
- 1From the exact case cue ‘You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit communi’, identify the stakeholders and ethical/legal conflicts specific to this situation≈65 words
- 2For ‘You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit communi’, compare the decision-maker's feasible options, including consequences, rights/duties and implementation risks for each option≈65 words
- 3For ‘You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit communi’, justify a preferred course with due process, transparency/accountability safeguards and concrete follow-up measures≈65 words
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Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- For the case cue ‘You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit co’, avoid merely retelling facts without separating its stakeholders, conflicts and decision criteria
- For the case cue ‘You are Sarpanch of a Panchayat with a government primary school providing midday meals. A new cook is from the Dalit co’, do not choose an option without testing legality, feasibility, consequences and accountability safeguards
Value addition
- Stakeholder–dilemma–option matrix with a short decision flow
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