Wednesday, 13 April 2022 | PNS | Pauri
The Pauri district chief education officer (CEO) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1,00,000 on St Thomas school at Pauri under RTE Act-2009 for conducting classes I to VIII without accreditation.The CEO Anand Bharadwaj, while conducting an inspection of the institution on Tuesday found the violation of rules. It was found that classes I to VIII were being conducted without the school securing accreditation. A letter to the principal/ manager of the school has also issued in this regard on the same day.
The letter of the CEO states that a fine of Rs one lakh has been imposed on the school for violation of rules. If the said violation continues, the institution will have to pay Rs 10,000 penalty per day from the day of receiving the letter. Bharadwaj has asked the institution management to deposit the penalty money in the treasury and present the receipt to the CEO’s office. If the school fails to do this, necessary action will be taken and a report will be lodged against the school principal/manager in the police station. Bharadwaj told this correspondent that as per the provisions of the RTE Act2009, under Uttarakhand Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules 2011, the accreditation for running classes I to VIII is given by the CEO’s office. However, St Thomas school in Pauri was conducting these classes without getting accreditation.
It is pertinent to mention here that this is being viewed as the first time in the history of the district that a CEO has taken such a stern action against a school for violation of rules.
