Govt fails to fill 2 topmost posts in Education Dept

Govt fails to fill 2 topmost posts in Education Dept
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Vacancies

n Of the total 52,000 posts vacant in the government sector, 9,443 posts are vacant in the School Education Department. These posts comprise 2,459 gazetted, 5,439 non-gazetted and 1,545 Class IV posts n The post of Chairman, J&K Board of School Education, has been vacant for the past seven months following the retirement of Deshbandhu Gupta n No one has been appointed to the post of Project Director of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan since its inception in 2008

Jammu, May 18
Contrary to the claims of the state government to streamline the education system, two topmost posts in the Education Department have been lying vacant for quite some time, thus exposing non-seriousness on the part of those at the helm of affairs.

The J&K State Board of School Education continues to be headless for the past seven months. The government is yet to decide on a suitable person to be its chairman and the delay in filling the post is affecting decision making in this vital institute.

Similarly, the state is yet to get a Project Director for the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme, which was meant for universalising secondary and higher secondary education. The scheme was launched in 2008, but the post had been lying vacant.

Initially, the additional charge of Project Director, RMSA, was given to the Joint Director, Education, and later it was given to the Commissioner/Secretary, Education.

Though the Central government allocates a large sum of money for the upgrade of infrastructure and other requirements in high and higher secondary institutions, these important posts lying vacant is affecting the functioning of the education sector.

Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed had also accepted the fact that these two posts had been lying vacant for a long period, but he failed to fill these.

During the Budget session recently, Peerzada had said the department was seriously thinking to fill these posts, but even after almost two months no action had been taken in this regard.

Former Education Minister Harsh Dev Singh had also targeted Peerzada a number of times on the issues related to the Education Department. However, repeated attempts to contact Peerzada proved futile and people close to him said the minister was out of the state.