Srinagar January 25
The J&K administration sacked two more school teachers on Monday. One of them had been absent for the past 19 years. The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), Tassaduq Hussain Mir, said, “Neelofar Jan, teacher, Primary School, Khumriyal, Kupwara, had remained absent since July 1, 2002.” Asked to respond, she did so on July 15 but on its examination, it was found unsatisfactory and un-substantiated that could not justify her long unauthorized absence, the DSEK said.
Another teacher, Afroza Ashraf Amin, of Government High School, Nowpora, Baramulla, remained absent from October 1, 2014. She went abroad without obtaining leave permission, the office said. On July 6 last year, she was directed to present herself before the DSEK along with a statement of defense. She neither turned up nor responded to the notice, the order read.
“Now, therefore, pursuant to the decision of the committee, the teacher is hereby removed from the Government service in terms of Article 113 of J&K Civil Services Rules (Volume 1) of 1956 and Rule 30(VU) of J&KCCA rules 1956,” it reads.
With the termination of two more teachers of the School Education Department, the government in the past more than two months has sacked at least 30 teachers from the services for remaining absent unauthorizedly.
