More than 3,000 teachers have been sacked in Bihar. They are accused of getting government jobs using fake degrees and fake certificates. The move comes after the State Vigilance Bureau conducted a detailed investigation into the recruitment of teachers during 2006 and Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari made the official announcement. After the teacher recruitment scandal in West Bengal, there have been reports of similar irregularities in the education sector in Bihar.‘La picture has come forward.
News from an all India media sourceA total of 3 thousand 350 teachers have been accused of fake certificates. Of these, 1,830 teachers have already been charged. After receiving allegations of irregularities in the recruitment of teachers, the Patna High Court directed the Vigilance Investigation Bureau to probe the entire matter. The process of verification of educational qualification certificates and appointment letters of teachers appointed in all districts of the state has started. After investigation, the Vigilance Bureau has submitted a list of teachers to the Education Department for appropriate action. According to sources in the department, many cases of taking jobs on the basis of fake certificates and fake documents have come out in the investigation. The Chief Minister also announced the setting up of vigilance police stations in all districts in view of the incident.
According to the decision taken by the Department of EducationThe accused teachers shall refund all salaries received so far and pay interest thereon. Refunds will begin after the formal dismissal process is completed. The strictest step is to keep the recruitment system in the state completely transparent and ensure that only genuinely qualified teachers can teach in the classrooms. Some teachers have already resigned.
This is being considered as the biggest step in the history of corruption in education sector in Bihar. But it now raises many questions. If the recruitment irregularities between 2006 and 2015 are investigated only nowSo why has this issue not come up for so long? Answers are now being sought as to why documents of candidates were not properly checked during recruitment and who is really responsible for these long delays and errors.
Earlier, there were allegations of widespread corruption in teacher recruitment in West Bengal with many political leaders and ministers accused of selling jobs to unqualified candidates for huge sums of money.‘I had to go into law. The jobs of 25,752 teachers and staff in the 2016 SSC panel have been canceled following the Supreme Court order. To see how far the roots of corruption have spread in the state.