J&K government has admitted that some teachers working in higher secondary schools in Srinagar and Jammu cities have managed overstay at the positions to run their business and private coaching centres.
The revelations were made by principal secretary schooleducation, Asgar Hassan Samoon. He said all such teachers would be transferredto remote areas.
“Some government officials posted in higher secondaryschools managed to overstay for a decade in Srinagar and Jammu cities in leaguewith former politicians. They run private tuitions and side businesses,” Samoonsaid. “They should be shifted to break their nexus with land mafia and to givethem exposure to remote areas.”
The department has repeatedly come under criticism forallowing influential teachers, masters and lecturers to enjoy prolonged stintin schools, both in Jammu and Srinagar cities and district headquarters.
“The issue has been taken seriously by the department andthese teachers will be shifted soon. Directors of both the divisions have beenasked to submit list of such teachers,” said an official.
The department is also mulling to ban teachers ofgovernment-run schools from teaching in private tuition centres, as p Right toEducation (RTE) Act which became applicable in J&K after abrogation of Article370 last year.
As per the Act, no teacher will be deputed for non-teachingwork, said Samoon, adding no private school will be allowed to chargecapitation fees from students at the time of their admission.
As per the Act, private schools have to reserve a quota foreconomically weaker sections and the department will issue an officialnotification in this regard soon.