CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, the education system in Katni district has gone off the track. Somewhere there is no building, somewhere there are no teachers, somewhere there are no children. Government funds are being embezzled with the connivance of department heads. A committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of District Panchayat Vice President and District Education Committee Chairman Ashok Vishwakarma regarding all these issues. In the meeting, the chairman and members took the officials to task regarding issues related to the education department. In this meeting, the education officials were only and only talking about the complaints received from the schools, such as what work was done with the funds for dilapidated schools and if not, then what was done with the money from that fund. The chairman and members bluntly said that the education system in the district has been made a joke. The officers are depriving the needy of the right to education and are busy filling their own pockets. Chairman Ashok Vishwakarma pulled up the officers on many issues including absence of teachers in schools, dilapidated school buildings, releasing funds for schools despite the guarantee period, implementing the order to end the attachment of the State Education Center. He said that the officers bring incomplete information to the meeting. The information that is asked for is not given. The Education Department also released funds to such schools, which are being built in the guarantee period. The chairman questioned the DEO about this, but the DEO could not provide information. Apart from this, he pulled up the officers on a woman teacher posted in Badgaon of Rethi Tehsil writing the answer sheets of the children. When he asked for a reply from the DEO, the DEO said that the investigation of the complaint has started and a show cause notice has been issued. District Panchayat member Pradeep Tripathi, DEO PP Singh, DPC KK Deharia, BEO Vijayraghavgarh, APC Abhay Jain, BEO Bahoriband, BRC Bahoriband, BRCC Vijayraghavgarh and other officials of the education department were present in the meeting. District Panchayat member Ajay Gotiya raised the issue of dilapidated condition of Khamhariya, Bhopar and other schools under Dhimarkheda development block. On which the concerned officials were instructed to take action by continuously monitoring the building and physical arrangements.
Chairman Ashok Vishwakarma directed that Assistant Director Rajesh Agrahari and APC Abhay Jain be sent back to the original department. A letter should be written to DPI to start commerce faculty in schools. The places of assistant wardens and sub-engineers posted in hostels should be changed. Raising the issue of misuse of government funds by releasing budget for repair and maintenance in schools despite there being no need, he directed to investigate the matter. The officers were severely reprimanded for re-counselling of BRCC, BAC, CAC, APC posted on deputation for more than 4 years on the basis of instructions of State Education Center, transfer of clerks, change of charge of clerk, peon posted in BRC office Dhimarkheda, not providing school-wise information of the amount of Rs 4 lakh given to the schools. A proposal was passed before the committee to close those primary schools which have less than 20 enrolled students and rationalize them. Instructions were given by the Chairman to close the secondary school Chanehta and merge it with the primary school. Apart from this, instructions were given by the Chairman to organize a meeting of principals along with all the financial records, statements, construction and repair information from the year 2018-19. Instructions were given to repair the main gate and dilapidated roof of the secondary school Nadi Paar.