DOE transfers school principal over irregularities

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Thursday ordered suspension of two teachers, termination of a mid-day meal in-charge and transfer of the principal and vice-principal of a school in Mukherjee Nagar, after several irregularities were found there during a surprise inspection.

On Wednesday, Sanjay Goel, director of Directorate of Education (DOE), conducted a surprise inspection at the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Mukherjee Nagar.

“Absent principal and viceprincipal, dusty computer labs, watery mid-day meal curries, uncooked rice, and dirty school campus were some of the irregularities found during the inspection,” Goel said.

“I have ordered the suspension of two teachers and the mid-day meal in-charge. The principal and vice-principal of the school have been transferred. It is not understood how during school hours both principal and vice-principal left the school in total chaos without giving any information to the staff,” he added.

Goel was later told that the principal and the vice-principal were at the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) for a hearing.

It may be mentioned that Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had recently conducted surprise inspection in two kitchens where meals were being prepared for distribution in schools and warned the workers of taking strict action against them if any irregularities were found in future.

Warning the kitchen workers, Sisodia had said, “The work of preparing meals for children should be carried out responsibly and with a sense of service. All irregularities should be taken care of.”