Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia has ordered action against a school principal and a placement officer of a government run polytechnic for taking bribes.
The Minister expressed “shock” over the “corrupt practices” in the education system.
Mr. Sisodia tweeted, “I am shocked to see a lot of corrupt practices in our education system. No wonder there is so much corruption in society.”
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“Ordered action against a school principal who took bribes from four parents for admission by violating policy,” his another tweet read.
According to officials in the education department, direction has been issued to file a charge-sheet against Ved Prakash, principal of Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Bindapur who had taken bribe for admission of four students in 2011-2012.
“The principal (Bindapur school) has also installed the water cooler in his office for personal use, which was bought for students,” Mr. Sisodia, who is also the Education Minister, said in tweets.
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In the other case, a placement officer at GB Pant Polytechnic was suspended for taking bribe for job recommendations on fake certificates.
“Also ordered to suspend a placement officer at G B Pant Polytechnic for taking bribes for job recommendation on fake certificate,” Mr. Sisodia said in another tweet.
A complaint was received on helpline 1031 that bribe is being taken for getting the students placed during the placement drives at the polytechnic college.
The vigilance team found that the training and placement officer Deepti Mal used to take bribe of lakhs of rupees through the coordinator of mechanical stream and a student Roopesh. Forged documents were also used for the placements.