MP Teachers Booked for Hiring Private Tutors; FIR Filed for Fraud - Read Now
FIR filed against three MP teachers for hiring private tutors at low wages while drawing salaries of ₹70,000. Teachers visited schools weekly to mark attendance. Six teachers and four coordinators suspended in related cases. Education authorities promise stricter monitoring.
In the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, FIRs have been filed against two government school teachers and a cluster academic coordinator for hiring private people to teach the students while they abstained from the school. Charges against the two accused teachers - RP Singh Chadar and Indravikram Singh Parmar along with jan shikshak Jagbhan Ahirwar - are cheating and fraud.
Teachers Received ₹70,000 Paid ₹3,000 to Hire Tutors
The district education officer, GP Ahirwar, had filed a complaint alleging that teachers earning between ₹60,000 and ₹70,000 in salary every month were hiring private tutors for ₹3,000 to ₹5,000. According to the complaint, the accused teachers used to visit the school only once a week, just to sign the attendance register.
It brings into attention a troubling trend wherein government teachers are outsourcing their duties to underpaid private individuals, thereby compromising the quality of education in government schools. The FIR further states that multiple complaints regarding the malpractice in question have reached the school education department.
Six Teachers, Four Coordinators Suspended
The education department took quite serious steps by suspending six teachers and four cluster academic coordinators, also known as jan shikshaks, in Sagar, Damoh, and Narmadapuram districts. Following an order from the Directorate of Public Instruction, which demanded that government schools stick their teacher's photographs onto notice boards to keep them accountable.
Misuse of public resources and negligence on the part of educators have raised serious concerns about the standard of education in government schools. For as long as the accused teachers were raking in high salaries, their students were left at the mercy of underqualified and underpaid private tutors.
The scam has prompted authorities to probe similar cases of teacher absenteeism and fraud across Madhya Pradesh. "The main focus now is on stricter monitoring and proper adherence to ethical practices in government schools.".
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