With staffers on examination duty at one centre each in Yamunanagar as well as Ambala districts being allegedly ineligible, the role of education department, especially those responsible for conducting examinations, during Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) has come under the scanner.
Jai Narain, a lab attendant with the a government senior secondary school of Mandola village in Yamunanagar district, has been found perforiming the duty of examiner in an examination centre being set up in a private school of Mustafabad town of the district.
At the same time, Balwinder Singh, an instructor of government school, who holds the status of a class III employee, was found performing the duty of centre suprintendent, which according to rule book, has to be performed by a senior lecturer of the school or the principal or headmaster/headmistress of schools.
Until some of the examiners doing duty at Mustafabad and government senior secondary school at Shehzadpur sub-division of Ambala, where Balwinder was found acting as centre superintendent, the district education officers (DEOs) have shifted out the two officials, after ordering a probe to ascertain the lapse.
Confirming the development, officials in education department, said that both Jai Narain and Balwinder Singh have been told to appear before the concerned DEOs for further course of action.
The board exam commenced on March 15 and the violation in duty decorum came to the department's notice on March 17 when some teachers informed it about the same.
"Such duty by non-eligible staff is a clear-cut violation of rules as only teachers should be assigned exam duty. Another objectionable point is that the employee, Jai Narain, was deputed in a government school for exam duty and was found on duty at the centre of a private school of the same town. An inquiry has been ordered to find out why did he help the private school," said DEO, Yamunanagar, Jagjit Kaur,
"The employee has been relieved from duties. An eligible candidate will be appointed in his place", she added.
On the other hand, Jai Narain cited notings of education department, under which he, being a senior lab assistant, can work in exam centres.
In Ambala, Balwinder Singh, who is class III level instructor of vocational courses with government schools, was working as centre superintendent at government senior seconday school, Sahazadpur, while a senior school cadre lecturer or school principal is eligible for it. District elementary education officer, Savitri Sihag said, "No doubt a non-eligible candidate was deputed at the centre. This happened due to a mistake while feeding data in the computer, regarding duty allotment. We have marked a detailed inquiry into the incident."
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