For a woman schoolteacher in Bihar, Pratibha Patil is still India’s President and Smriti Irani the Governor of the State.
These answers shocked a district magistrate (DM), who has ordered a probe into the authenticity of the teacher’s qualification based on which she got a job in a government school.
The incident took place in Gaya district.
Kumari Anita, a teacher at a primary school in Dumri in Bankebazaar block, had approached District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agrawal at his janata darbar to request for a transfer to a school near her home.
When Mr. Agrawal tried to test her general knowledge, the woman wrote Pratibha Patil’s name as the President, and Smriti Irani — who is the HRD Minister — as the Bihar Governor.
This shocked Mr. Agrawal to such an extent that he has ordered a check on the authenticity of the woman’s degree.
“It was shocking for me. How can such a teacher with poor knowledge teach our children in a school?” Mr. Agrawal asked.
A district education official said Ms. Anita may now land in more trouble if her degree is found to be fake.
Action can be initiated against her, he said.
