Punjab Education Department has placed under suspension, with immediate effect, three teachers for “moral turpitude”.
Those suspended include English lecturer Bharat Bhushan at Government Senior Secondary School Nathowal, in ludhiana district; Punjabi Master Harjit Singh at Government Senior Secondary School Nathowal in ludhiana district and now, Government Senior Secondary School, Manuke in ludhiana district; and Math Master Sukhvir Singh of the same school.
The headquarter of these teachers has been fixed at office of the District Education Officer, Moga, said the DPI (Secondary Education) Paramjit Singh on Friday.
He said that the Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary had instructed the School Education secretary Krishan Kumar to take immediate and strong action with regard to the incident of moral turpitude at the Government Senior Secondary School, Nathowal.
“As per the orders of Krishan Kumar, the suspension of these teachers has been ordered with immediate effect by the Department in accordance with the FIR No 0037 registered on February 8, 2018, at Police Station Hathur in ludhiana district and the preliminary enquiry report of the District Education Officer (Secondary Education),” he said.
Singh said that Kumar has emphasised that no act of moral turpitude by any teacher would be tolerated and also that the probe in this regard would be completed soon so as to ensure exemplary punishment to the wrongdoers.