Taking a revolutionary step, Punjab Education Department on Tuesday delegated the power of deputing surplus staff and teachers under rationalisation plan to the District Education Officers and issued directions to complete the task by June 5 positively. “There would be no compromise on providing staff to deficient schools and optimum utilisation of existing staff to provide quality education to the students,” said the state Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema, while presiding over a meeting of the department.
He said that the department has decided to do away with centralisation of posting and transfers and delegated powers to the DEOs, who would take call on local felt needs of schools of the districts and depute surplus staff in the schools deficient of staff to ensure quality education to the students of all schools. The DEOs have been asked to submit compliance report by first week of June and erring DEOs failing to complete the task would be dealt severely.