Uttarakhand High Court said Fraud in teacher recruitment is a serious matter, speed up investigation latest news update 2023
Latest Updated 06/10/2023: The Uttarakhand government told the High Court that out of 33 thousand government teachers in the state, the educational documents of about 12 thousand have been verified. Of these, documents of 69 teachers were found to be fake while 57 have been suspended. Considering the finding of teachers' documents as fake, the court considered it serious and directed to complete the investigation process soon. The next hearing in the case will be on 23 November.
- Documents of 69 teachers were found fake, till now 57 have been suspended
- Verification of educational documents of twelve thousand teachers out of 33 thousand teachers completed
Student Welfare Society Haldwani had filed a PIL in the matter. It was said that about three and a half thousand teachers in primary and secondary schools of the state have been appointed fraudulently on the basis of forged documents. When some of these teachers were investigated by SIT, the names of Khachedu Singh, Rishipal and Jaipal came to the fore. But with the connivance of departmental officers, he was given a clean chit and he is still working in the department. The organization has requested the SIT to investigate this matter.
The petition was heard by the division bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal on Thursday. During this, the division bench asked the state government that how many teachers' educational certificates have been examined so far? How many fake teachers have been suspended so far? In response to this, the government gave the above information. Earlier, the government had presented an affidavit in the court saying that the SIT investigation into the case is going on.
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