The surprise inspections coupled with the suspensions of the absentee teachers in the Government schools of the State has evoked strong response from different teaching organisations. The education department had conducted surprise inspections of many primary, high schools and Inter colleges on Wednesday and Thursday in which gross irregularities were detected.
The department had constituted many teams on the orders of Director General of School education Radhika Jha and these teams did surprise inspection of 1,379 schools of located in all 13 districts of the State.
To their surprise these teams found that 1,555 teachers were missing in these schools and most glaringly 67 teachers were absent without any leave intimation. The education department promptly suspended 67 teachers who were absent without leaves and has asked the officer concerned to inquire the authenticity of their leave applications.
The move of department however is being resented by the teaching organisations. The President of Rajkeeya Shikshak Sangh (RSS), Karnel Singh said that suspensions of teachers without looking for their explanations are not good for the conducive environment of the schools.
The General Secretary of Junior High School Sangh, Subhash Chauhan said that the complaints of biasness in these inspections are being received. The President of Prathemik Shikshak Sangh (PSS) Nirmala Mahar questioned the propriety of surprise inspections. She said that the inspections should be a regular fixture in the department of education but any harassment in the name of inspections would not be tolerated.