Punjab: Deputation orders of teachers, employees cancelled

Punjab Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary today cancelled the deputation orders of any teacher or employee in government schools with immediate effect.
The minister, in a release, said the interim arrangements of the teachers were wreaking "havoc" on the students' future from an academic point of view and the serious issue needed to be addressed.
She said all the district education officers (DEOs) were directed to cancel the deputations of teachers in their respective districts and send the concerned teacher to the school where he or she was originally posted.
Similarly, the school heads were instructed to ensure, while drawing and disbursing the salary of the staff working under them, that no one was sent on deputation from there.

The school head would be held responsible for any negligence in this regard, she said.
Chaudhary said it has been brought to her notice that many schools across the state have teachers or employees on deputation which results in the academics being adversely affected in those schools where they are permanently posted.
She also said if in the future, a teacher is assigned extra duty or sent on deputation, then it would require the permission of the DPIs concerned.