Probe on after 8 ‘bogus’ teachers join Siddharthnagar schools

The role of a block education officer was under scanner as she failed to verify their appointment letters, officials said.

A probe was underway after eight people reportedly used forged appointment letters to join government schools in Siddharthnagar district as teachers, education officials said. The role of a block education officer was under scanner as she failed to verify their appointment letters, they added.

Basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) Devendra Kumar Pandey said in all 314 teachers were appointed in the district on June 28 and 29 (For representation)

Basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) Devendra Kumar Pandey said in all 314 teachers were appointed in the district on June 28 and 29. “For Dhanwapur block, 36 teachers were officially appointed. Instead, 44 people joined as teachers in different schools.”

Pandey claimed that Ranjana Kumari, Ankita Tripathi, Brijesh Chauhan, Renu Devi, Bhupesh Kumar Prajapati, Balram Tripathi, Bhupendra Kumar Prajapati and Rajesh Chauhan were deputed as teachers at primary schools in the Bhanwapur block on the basis of fake appointment letters.

“Two months after their joining. the [basic education] department asked all new recruits to produce their original documents such as Aadhar, PAN and bank account details so that their salaries could be credited. These eight teachers, however, skipped the process and stopped going to schools,” he said.