Education Minister Brijmohan Agrawal on Monday suspended four employees and issued show cause notice to seven others for displaying negligence in conduct of teaching work and implementation of the government policies targetted towards the welfare of the students in Navapara and Kasdol blocks of Balodabazaar district in the State.
Agrawal who carried out a surprise inspection at the schools in the two blocks during his tour of Balodabazar district suspended a Principal and a Clerk at Navapara besides an Education Officer and Sankul Co-ordinator at the Kasdol Block.
During his tour, the Minister made a surprise inspection at a Higher Secondary School and found out that seven of the Panchayat level lecturers and teachers were absent from duty.
Similarly, Agrawal after receiving a complaint from students on them not being provided school dresses in time in a Middle School, suspended In-charge Principal Shriram Bhinghwar, Clerk Chudamani Verma, Block Education Officer T R Bhoi and Sankul Co-ordinator Yudhisthir Jangde .
This apart, show cause notices were served to Panchayat level lecturers Sanjeev Kumar, Gulab Ram Chaturvedi, Durgesh Verma, Jaiprakash Verma, Panchayat Teacher Muktilata Tiharu, Amish Martin and Parmeshwar Verma .