Jaitapur copy case: 18 employees of private schools suspended

Lokmat News Network

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Students were indulged in mass copying in the English subject paper on the first day of the HSC examination with the help of teachers at the examination centre in Jaitapur in Kannad tehsil.

A team led by Secondary Education Officer Ashwini Lathkar visited the centre and exposed mass copying. A case was registered against 24 people at the Deogaon Rangari police station. Three teachers from the Zilla Parishad (ZP) schools were suspended on the same day.

However, an order was given to the private institution to suspend the remaining 18 teachers and employees. The institution immediately investigated and issued work orders for the suspension of 18 people on Monday.

The mass copying was exposed in the Rashtriya Madhyamik and Uccha Madhyamik Prashala run by the Rashtriya Charitable Trust in Jaitapur.

The mass copying was done with the consent of the teachers, employees and the sitting team assigned to that centre. Based on CCTV footage and official reports, all the employees were ordered to be suspended.

Accordingly, after investigation, it was clear that some teachers and servants on duty at the concerned examination centre had violated the examination rules. Ashwini Lathkar said that suspension action was taken as per the service rules.

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List of those suspended from private schools

The suspended from private schools include Bhagwan Nirmal, Sachin Satdive, Naresh Sonawane, Chhaya Munge, Baliram Rathod, R K Dare, Santosh Lihanar, Ananta Gadhekar, Karansingh Chandwade, Deepak Sonawane, Balkrishna Salve, Sanjay Kadve, Santosh Bhingare, Sanjay Dabhade, P Awhale, Rishikesh Patil, Radha Pere and employee S T Ghuge. Three teachers from the ZP establishment were already suspended. With this, the number of those suspended has increased to 21.

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Action as per the service rules

It is mandatory for the CCTV system to be operational full-time at the examination centre. It is essential to continuously record all the events that take place during the examination period, and it is the responsibility of the centre director to keep the relevant footage safe. This CCTV footage will have to be submitted to the Secondary Education Department as soon as the examination is over. If any attempt is made to tamper with the CCTV anywhere, strict action will be taken against the concerned person as per the service conditions.

(Ashwini Lathkar, Education Officer, Secondary)