Times
of India: Hyderabad: Saturday, 30 May 2015.
As many as
878 teachers and headmasters, working in government schools across the state,
might soon face termination, the government said after it found out that they
obtained jobs through bogus certificates.
A recent RTI
appeal by a city-based civil society brought to light how several teachers used
fake degree and masters certificates to secure jobs.
"Currently,
all of these employees are being tried by the administrative tribunal, if the
charges are proved then they would have to face stern action which can include
termination from service and initiation of criminal charges," said T
Chiranjeevulu, director, school education department.
The highest
number of teachers i.e. 300 with fake degrees hails from Medak district. Most
of these teachers are said to be still in service, especially around the city's
peripheral circles such as Vikarabad and Saroornagar.
"A
government teacher job has become very attractive. There is no sense of
insecurity, besides pay being decent, no wonder then people go to any length to
get the job," said renowned educationist Prof G Haragopal. He further went
on to blame the rapid commercialization of education for the spurt in the
racket.
In some
cases, the teachers even produced certificates of non-existent courses from
distance universities.
The officials
concerned say that there is a complex ring of operators who supply fake
certificates to those who are in dire need of jobs. They usually copy the
marksheets of students studying in these universities and then replace the name
with that of their clients.
Mostly
certificates of B.Ed and MA (English Lit) from such institutions as IGNOU and
Bangalore University were forged by the unscrupulous elements. Some teachers
even got away with forging certificates of different Vidhyapeeths that are not
competent to issue certificates.
"There
were some colleges under IGNOU which were de-recognised after a similar scam
came to light, a few years ago," said Haragopal.
As things
stand, as many as 237 certificates of Jadhav Nagar Vidhyapeeth were forged
while 37 fake certificates bore IGNOU name.
Times view
The
government should speed up the probe and take the sternest possible action
against the fake teachers. We cannot entrust the future of hundreds of students
to teachers without right credentials. Action should also be taken against
universities if found guilty in this diabolical practice.
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