Rajabala locals allege illegal appointment of school head

TURA, Oct 8: Residents from Rajabala in West Garo Hills have moved the Director of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) in Shillong, alleging illegal appointment of a principal at Rajabala Deficit Secondary/Higher Secondary School.
In their complaint to the DSEL, the locals accused the existing ad hoc committee of the school of illegally promoting a junior and under-qualified teacher to the post of a principal, which has been reportedly approved by  Tura DSEO, Ela Begum Sarkar.
The residents argued that the green light by the Tura DSEO contravenes an August 3, 2020, order, where the DSEL had directed that all appointments and promotions without its approval be stopped.
“The teacher who was promoted is high-school qualified and cannot hold the responsible post of a principal as against the vice principal who possesses both BA and B.Ed degrees, and other senior teachers who also hold B.Ed degrees. The illegal promotion needs to be cancelled and a qualified teacher be instead appointed in his place,” the residents said, while endorsing the vice principal to the post.
Earlier, in connection with a similar appointment of a headmistress at Hawakhana Deficit Secondary School in Tura, the DSEL had issued an order, directing the DSEO to instruct schools under her jurisdiction to abstain from promoting or appointing any assistant teacher without the approval from his office.