Kulgam: A teacher posted at Government Middle School Tengen in Yaripora village of Kulgam has been placed under suspension and an inquiry ordered into this behavior as he was allegedly forcing students to clean rooms and toilets at the school.
Quoting officials, news agency KNO reported that on Friday the teacher asked some students to clean rooms of the school besides a toilet.
Other teachers who tried to intervene also faced ire of the teacher who had ordered students to do the cleaning job. Following this there was a protest in the school with his colleagues and students resenting this unruly behavior.
KNO quoted Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kulgam, Mohammad Ashraf Rather as saying that said teacher has been suspended and a committee has been constituted to conduct an inquiry into the issue.
“Pending enquiry into his conduct, Gowhar Farooq Ganie, teacher PS Tengen Zone Yaripora, is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect and he shall remain attached with this office during suspension period,” said the order issued by CEO Kulgam,.
“In the backdrop of suspension of Gowhar Farooq Ganie, Teacher PS Tengemn Zone Yaripora, in view of his manhandling of head of institution and other staff members, the following officers are hereby nominated as enquiry officers to conduct the in-depth enquiry in this behalf and furnish the report to the undersigned within four days positively,” the order added.
The committee members include Principal BHSS Yaripora, Principal HSS D.H.Pora and Zonal Education Officer, Yaripora (DDO), it said.
