Bihar education department suspends a teacher who died two years ago

Grave offence

The Bihar education department has suspended a teacher for dereliction of duty. This is nothing new, but the fact that the teacher, Ranjeet Kumar Yadav, died two years ago is. An order from Begusarai district education officer's office, dated February 28, suspending absentee teachers included the name of Yadav who was supposed to check intermediate students' answer sheets at a centre in Begusarai, but did not turn up. Here's what happened in the interim. From February 17, contractual teachers in the state went on a strike demanding permanent posts. After there were reports that some teachers who