Teacher attached, CEO Kishtwar constitutes 3 members enquiry committee
IMRAN SHAH
Kishtwar: TDD,The Chief Education Officer (CEO), Kishtwar has suspended a Govt school teacher and ordered an enquiry against him in a corporal punishment to one of the students in a government school in the hilly district.
As the matter came to surfaced, the Chief Education Officer, Kishtwar, Javed Ahmed Kitchloo instantly took action and suspended the teacher namely Anayatullah Ahanger – Grade – II teacher at PS Gowarian Dhar, Zone Inderwal, who has been found involved in alleged corporal punishment to one of the ward of PS Gowarian Dhar in contravention to section 17 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which is evident from the photos and videos circulated in social media.
“Pending further enquiry for his conduct, the said officer is hereby placed under suspension …” reads the suspension order. During the suspension period, he shall remain attached to MS Lohidar Zone Inderwal.
Meanwhile, a committee of three officers consisting of Deputy CEO, Masood Qazi, Principal HSS Chatroo, Vinod, and Lecturer of HSS Boys, Kishtwar, Jagdish Chauhan has been constituted to conduct in-depth enquiry into the matter and submit the report with recommendation to the office of the Chief Education Officer, Kishtwar within weeks.
Daljeet Singh Palsar, teacher, HSS Nagseni and Shami Sen, teacher HSS, Padder (resource person career guidance and general sanitization component) shall assist the enquiry committee.
Even as the action has been initiated following the suspension of the erring teacher in corporal punishment, the family members of the victim student have also approached the police and other authorities for strict action against the allegedly accused teacher who has beaten the student very badly.TDD
