Bogus vacancies created to help teachers join govt schools near home, one sacked

The bid issued by DGSE bureau states that arsenic per the preliminary inquiry, conducted by Amninder Kaur Brar, director, State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), the said worker was “found guilty” of creating bogus vacancies successful schools which were aboriginal filled by the teachers whose homes were successful vicinity.

The bid undersigned by Parminder Pal Singh, lawman secretary, acquisition section cum officiating DGSE, reads that respective discrepancies were reported successful the online presumption allotments for 4,161 and 598 maestro cadre teachers (the recently recruited teachers for people 6 to 10).

After the discrepancies were reported, an enquiry was marked to the director, SCERT.

“According to the probe report, caller vacancies connected e-Punjab portal were created successful connivance with MIS helping employees, and the teachers were made to articulation those stations which were adjacent to their homes,” states the order.

The bid adds that Rajvir, lawman manager, MIS “has been recovered guilty” for the irregularities which were reported successful the full process, and helium was asked for an explanation. However, his reply was recovered “unsatisfactory”, the bid states.

“Hence, his services are being terminated with contiguous effect,” the bid concludes.

Talking to the Indian Express, Deputy Secretary Parminder Pal Singh said: “The enactment against the said worker has been taken arsenic per the findings of the preliminary study which indicates that information of vacancies was tampered astatine the backend to which lone MIS squad has the access. Other aspects volition beryllium probed further.”

Meanwhile, teachers said that this was “just the extremity of an iceberg” and a “deeper probe was required” to find different links down the alleged scam. “This besides indicates that teachers who were favored mightiness person bribed immoderate employees. Just 1 idiosyncratic cannot beryllium made a scapegoat arsenic caller vacancies are ne'er created without the support of the concern department. Widespread discrepancies happened during the presumption allotment for some recently recruited and promoted teachers. For instance, a schoolhouse successful a colony having respective vacancies is inactive lacking teachers. How did this happen?”

Vikram Dev, authorities president, Democratic Teachers Front (DTF) said: “Those who were favored with specified practices besides request to beryllium identified and enactment should beryllium taken against them. The section has ne'er adopted a transparent attack erstwhile it comes to declaring vacancies during promotions, transfers and caller recruitments. This is what leads to specified practices. It is wide that employees were seemingly bribed to get prime postings.”