The headmasters and presidents of School Managing Committees (SMCs) in six schools under Bargaon block were asked to pay Rs 7.70 lakh for misappropriating funds. Two schools have obliged soon and deposited the sum in bank passbook of their respective schools.Sources said there are about 129 schools under 13 panchayats in Bargaon block. They had received lakhs of rupees under SSA for construction of additional class rooms and development of the schools. Recently it was alleged that the authorities of many schools had bungled the funds.
Acting on the matter, District Project Coordinator, SSA, Sundargarh Amulaya Kumar Pradhan had told Bargaon Block Education Officer Harekrushna Purohit to ask Technical Consultant to submit a report regarding the misappropriation of funds in ten schools. After receiving a report of Technical Consultant regarding misappropriation of funds, Purohit issued warning notices to the culprits asking them or recovery of the funds.The schools in the red included Manoharpur Primary School, Petpud Upeer Primary School, Jalamunda Upper Primary, Mukundpur Upper Primary School,Itma Goseipada School and Jangli Upper Primary School among others.