After the startling exposures of fee over charging nexus by the JK MONITOR (www.jkmonitor.org), and the quick reaction by the Dy. Chief Minister Tara Chand who is also holding the charge of Education Department, the members of the fees overcharging nexus in tried many things to save their skin but in frustration but during the process, they themselves dig a deep hole for themselves thus fall in own created and manipulated trap.
In reaction to the startling exposure by JK Monitor, Dy. CM has directed the Director School Education Jammu (DSE-J), to hold an inquiry into the issue upon which, DSE-J ordered Chief Education Officer Doda to hold and inquiry and submitted the report, which will be later submitted to Dy. CM.
Chief Education Officer Doda, told JK Monitor that 4 member committee has been constituted to inquire the matter with directions to submit the report within 5 days. The members of the committed are district Planning Officer Doda, Principal Ghat, Tehsildar Thathri, and Block Development Officer.
CEO Doda, said that the committee has been instructed to record the statements of teachers who have submitted the fees, of students who have paid the fees, their parents and other cross examination will be part of inquiry and after they submit a detailed report, if found guilty, a strong action will be recommended against the employees involved.
When asked about the preliminary investigation, CEO Doda indicated that there was a communication gap in passing the instructions from the DIET officials, which resulted in this all and over in all almost Education Zones of Doda district fees has been charged at the rate of Rs 150 per candidate.
But during the investigations by JK Monitor, the indications of the CEO Doda proved just a ‘face saver’ or perhaps the misleading information provided to the Chief Education Officer (CEO) by the subordinates and those involved in the nexus of fee overcharging.
The DIET officials refuted the claims and mentioned that after the meeting held at State Institute of Education (SIE) Jammu on 4/9 2013/, where in it was clearly directed to charge Rs 110 as examination fees from the students which includes Rs10 as registration fees, a circular was issued by the DIET Doda addressed to all ZEOs of the district and In-charge Middle School Exam under the office dispatch number 1035 on 5/9/2013.
Principal DIET Doda, K.L Parihar, confirmed to JK Monitor that after the meeting held at SIE Jammu, where in it was instructed to us to charge the examination fees for class 8th at Rs 110 per student, a circular was issued by the DIET Doda office and under office dispatch 1035 on 5/9/2013 was circulated to all ZEO’s and In-charge Middle School Exam.
It clearly indicates that the Chief Education Officer Doda has been either kept in dark or misled by the deep rooted nexus in his own office and in ZEO offices of the district which is working for many years many of them on attachments, thus making the education in schools to suffer.
During the in-depth investigations JK Monitor came to know about many other scandals in which some staffers of CEO office and ZEO offices are involved and work mutually for years together to cause damage to the department, state exchequer and the image of officers, these disclosure will be brought into public step by step in days to come.
However, the 4 member committee has been constituted by the CEO, into the fees overcharging scam by ZEO office Thathri, but as the things are happening after the JK Monitor disclosure, everything possible is being put in practice to save the skin.
Sources who are watch the situation in offices revealed that going against the instructions and violating the laws, ZEO office charged Rs 180 per students which was confirmed by the JK Monitor during the investigation from scores of schools of the ZONE of which names of a few were mentioned in our previous story which sparked wide condemnation by the public against the office and even top leader of the state government employees union in a statement to JK Monitor condemned the practice and demanded strong action against the culprits, they employees in the office are making futile exercises to save themselves while bosses are trying their best to save the person who collected the fees from schools at the same type they are trying to make only him the scapegoat if can’t be saved.
In a bid to save themselves, during inquiry and prove that they have not charged Rs 180 from the candidates through respective school in-charges, ZEO office in a biggest blunder of its own kinds have dig a deep hole for self as they started issuing receipts to the schools admitting that they have charged Rs 150 only from the school per candidate. These receipts are being issued after the JK Monitor exposure. But the ZEO office Thathri has now struck in its own trap and if the inquiry is conducted impartial, culprits have to face strong action. Now the credibility of the inquiry officers is at state.
Local reports pouring in from different areas of the zone informed that resentment is growing in among the poor public against the department it is apprehended that if inquiry team succumbs to the possible political or bureaucratic affiliations, and submit the accused fever report (as the JK Monitor investigations and proofs presented leaves no room for the culprits), the public can resort to mass agitation as this issue has touched every household as a matter of fact, a poor parent mostly labourer or farming class has been cheated for education of his child .
On the other hand accused is persuading to garner the support of employees’ union leaders at the local and district level to but when the employees’ union top leadership and their representative at the district level have already demanded strong action for such things.
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JK MONITOR IMPACT: OUR MOTIVE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY OF POOR PEOPLE EXTRACTED BY ZEO OFFICE REACH BACK IN THE POCKETS OF POOR PEOPLE AND THE PROCESS HAS STARTED.
SOURCES INFORMED THAT AFTER THE DISCLOSURE OF EXAMINATION FEES SCANDAL BY THE ZEO OFFICE THATHRI FOR CLASS 8TH HAS STARTED REFUNDING EXTRA FEES TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE WITH RECEIPTS FROM THE TEACHERS TO REFUND THE MONET BACK TO STUDENTS-- NOW ZEO OFFICE THATHRI IS KEEPING THE ACTUAL FEES OF RS 110 PER STUDENT AND REST RS 70 IS BEING REFUNDED.
WE ARE KEEPING VIGIL ON OTHER ZONES OD DODA ALSO AND SHORTLY DISCLOSING THEIR ACTIVITIES AS THEY ALL HAVE CHARGED RS 150 FROM STUDENTS ...