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Minister raids school, teachers get the stick
Friday February 01, 2013 07:30:35 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh:
This is one lesson the teachers and staff of a government school
in a Punjab town got the hard way Friday.
Sixteen teachers and staff members, including the principal, were
placed under suspension when Punjab's education minister raided
the school in Mohali town, 10 km from here, and found them either
absent or coming late.
Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka, who arrived at the
Government Model Senior Secondary School in Phase-3B1 of the town
Friday morning was not only surprised to see the staff arriving
late but was also shocked at the upkeep of the school.
He immediately ordered the suspension of school principal
Baljinder Singh, five lecturers and other staffers.
"During the raid, the minister also found out that the place of
the morning prayers was filled with muddy water and due to lack of
cleanliness, the washrooms were stinking and there was no
arrangement for drinking water," a spokesman of the minister said
here.
He said the minister warned the late-comers and categorically said
no complacency would be tolerated on the part of teaching or
non-teaching staff.
The minister asked the secretary-school education to seek
explanation from the absent lecturers.
Talking to mediapersons after the raid, the minister said the
Punjab government was committed to improving education standards
in government schools and he would make surprise raids more
frequently throughout the state.
He told education department officers to conduct surprise visits
with the dual purpose of ensuring punctuality of teachers and
maintaining standard of education being imparted in government
schools.
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