Initiating strict action on complaints regarding exploitation of employees by private school managements, Punjab Government on Friday cancels NOCs of nine schools for defying government instructions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla, coming down heavily on the private schools for violating government instructions, has cancelled the ‘No Objection Certificates’ (NOCs) given to nine schools of various districts.
“I have been personally monitoring complaints against such schools and after reviewing the cases of these nine schools, I have decided to cancel their NOCs for defying government directions,” said Singla.
Notably, the School Education Minister had floated his personal email id (vijayindersingla@gmail.com) to receive such complaints against wrongdoings of private school managements.
Singla said that most of the complaints were by the employees for not paying them salaries or being paid less by their respective institutions during COVID-19 pandemic.
“After receiving the complaints against these schools, the Education Department has served notices to their management and after finding their replies unsatisfactory, their NOCs have been cancelled,” he said adding that the State Government will not allow any school management to exploit employees or flout any other instruction.
The Minister said that among these institutions, two schools were from Amritsar district, three from Ludhiana and one each from Fatehgarh Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Bathinda and Jalandhar districts.
Delhi Public School and Devindra International School were from Amritsar district while Guru Nanak Public School Sarabha Nagar, DAV Public School Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar and Amrit Indo-Canadian Academy Ladian Khurd were from Ludhiana.
NOCs of Baalak Yesu Convent School village Phatak Majra Fatehgarh Sahib, Rayat Bahra International School Hoshiarpur, Indo Swiss International Convent School Jalandhar and The Vibgyor School Ramgarh Bhunder Road Bathinda have also been cancelled.