Shimla :The high court of Himachal Pradesh has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) to look into all cases where no objection certificate and clearance has been obtained by private educational institutions from NCTE,NRC,NCTV ,AICT and other such agencies on the basis of false representations.
Chief justice Kurian Joseph and justice Sanjay Karol passed these orders on the petition of V.P.Ahluwalia Tuesday here.
Ahluwalia a retired principal of Government college Dhaliara alleged that Rajesh Thakur director Thakur College of Education Dhaliara had used fake documents to get recognition for educational courses from National Council of Technical Education(NCTE).
He alleged that the HP university and NCTE were not taking action on his complaints.He also alleged that the siblings of Thakur had used fake degrees to get government jobs.
The CBI had registered a case on the complaint of Ahluwalia and Ajit Singh Rana.
The then regional director of National Council for Teacher Education Jaipur had abused his official position to grant recognition to Thakur College of Education for additional intake of 100 seats for B Ed and 25 seats for M Ed in 2007-08 in gross criminal violation of laid down norms and guidelines on NCTE.
The court also directed the CBI and the vigilance and corruption bureau to conduct investigations in a coordinated manner so that there is no conflict between the two invetigating agencies.
The SP, CBI brought to the notice of the court that several institutions who have obtained NOC from NCTE do not even have proper buildings.
At this the court directed him to conduct an inquiry into all such institutions and submit his report to the court within three months in a sealed cover.
The court also said that it will be open for the CBI to take appropriate action under law on the basis of its investigation and it should not wait for the direction or permission of the court.
The court also directed the Thakur College of Education,Dhaliara,Dehra and Thakur Pre-examination Coaching–cum-Training Institute,Nehranpukhar Dehra to file reply within a month as a last chance.
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The use of false documents starts at the very primary level. A young aspiring teacher joins a nursery school, which has basic facilities of a play school. This school has no recognition,greedy owners and desperate parents.
The teacher works like a slave at lower than pittance salary to obtain a certificate of experience. The teacher has to pay for this ‘certificate’. The ‘school’ gets a new teacher and the cycle goes on.
A false certificate is what is accepted by this poor ‘teacher. Should not the CBI begin their probe from the base.
Where have these ‘certfied experienced ‘ teachers reached now!