Absenteeism: Erring teachers to face music

Absenteeism
Erring teachers to face music
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, May 27
To ensure punctuality and curb the menace of absenteeism in educational institutes, the department concerned has started taking some hard steps. The officials have been ordered to conduct surprise visits and prepare report cards of every institute.

In a recent order, the Director School Education, Jammu, GA Qureshi, has directed all chief education officers (CEOs) and zonal education officers (ZEOs) in Jammu division to conduct surprise visits in schools falling under their respective zones for at least three days in a week.

“These officers will conduct raids between Monday and Saturday and then furnish consolidated reports on next Monday,” Qureshi said.

He also ordered the constitution of a monitoring committee under the supervision of personnel officer, Directorate of School Education, for prompt cognisance of the absentee cases reported by the CEOs/ZEOs so that further action should be taken.

The decision has come out as a large number of teachers were being found absent from their respective schools during duty timings.

An official of the department said these people were bringing bad name to the entire community, so it was necessary to keep a check on them so that the purpose of education could be achieved.

“Earlier, whenever we conducted surprise visits to keep a check on absenteeism, we found two to three teachers absent in every school or institute, so the decision of the director will surely bring some results, as the absenteeism was increasing with every passing day,” he said.

He further appealed to the teachers and other staff of the Education Department to be punctual and perform better to avoid any departmental action.

Courtesy: The Tribune