In a case of misappropriation of funds, the Principal of Rajinder Prasad Senior Secondary Sarvodaya School, President’s Estate was suspended during a surprise inspection by Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday. Services of a guest teacher, who used to prepare fake bills on behalf of the Principal, were also terminated.
During the inspection, it was found that fake bills had been raised in the name of providing practical training to students in the course of food production. However, no laboratory existed in the school for providing this training. Students also confirmed that no practical training was ever imparted to them in the subject.
Students studying food production told the Minister they had virtually never been given any relevant information about the subject, but scrutiny of the bills showed that in the name of practicals, fake bills showing purchases of non-vegetarian food items, olive oil, potatoes, rice etc., were regularly raised.
What was further shocking was that bills were found to have been raised from shops in places like Seemapuri, Trilokpuri, Jahangirpuri for school situated in central Delhi. There is no mention of the goods purchased in the stock register of the school and no Taxpayer Identification Numbers were mentioned.
The inspection further revealed that school’s account books showed salary payments to five safai karamcharis, but it was found that only one karamchari was on duty, which was confirmed by teachers and students of the school.