The School Education Department has terminated the parity offered to the Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education for alleged violation of the prescribed rules.
The Department has also directed the Secretary, Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education to apprise the State government after taking necessary action by carrying out an investigation in the Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur, under the Secondary Education Board Act 1995, according to an official press release issued here on Thursday.
Secretary, School Education Department, Dinesh Srivastava said that the temporary parity benefit was offered by Chhattisgarh Higher Secondary Education Board to the Board of Technical and Secondary Education, Bilaspur.
The Curriculum Committee of Chhattisgarh Secondary Education Board had neither provided any parity to the Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur nor any proposal for the same was submitted by the Curriculum Committee in its meeting. It may be mentioned that some students had lodged a police complaint that the directors of Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur were misleading students. This apart, many institutions had declared the marksheets generated by the Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur as fake. The School Education Department after carrying out elaborate deliberations had terminated the parity offered to the Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur with immediate effect.
Moreover, under the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education Act, the registered students of the Board of School and Technical Education , Bilaspur would allow all students to appear in the supplementary examination to be conducted during July-August 2014.This apart, the Department has also suspended Deputy Secretary, Chhattisgarh Secondary Education Board Yashwant Singh Verma and OSD Om Prakash Mishra for alleged serious irregularities committed and acting in violation of the Board rules concerning parity offered to the Board of School and Technical Education, Bilaspur.
During the period of suspension, both the officers would report to the headquarters of District Education Officer, Rajnandgaon.