The teachers found missing from the schools during surprise inspections would now be transferred to the schools located in the remote areas. The department has adopted this new method of providing punishment to the errand teachers of the government schools of the state.
Meanwhile many teams consisting of senior officers of the department raided 809 schools across the state in surprise inspections on July 01 and July 03. These teams also found two schools locked. Interestingly both these schools are located in Champawat district.
Carried on the instruction of Director General (DG) school education, Captain Alok Shekhar Tiwari (Rtd) the education department teams also found that 29 teachers are absent from their duties without any intimation. Six teachers each were found absent without intimation in Pauri and Chamoli districts while five teachers were found missing in Almora district.
The department is now planning to send these teachers in the schools located in remote and mountainous locations. It has asserted that such surprise inspections would continue and the teachers found missing would be sent to remote locations.
The inspection teams found that out of 74701 enrolled students 28292 students were absent on these two day from the schools. The team also found that out of 4221 working teachers 3840 were present while 381 were absent. It was found that 41 teachers were on official duties and 311 had taken prior permission of the leave.
The inspecting teams also checked the status of Mid Day meals (MDM) in these schools and found that meals are being prepared in all the inspected schools. In view of the ongoing rainy season these teams were also instructed to thoroughly check the condition of the building. These teams found that 36 school buildings are in dilapidated state and need immediate repairs while one school building is in such a bad condition that it should be demolished.