Arunachal Pradesh Youth Congress (APYC) flays Taba Tedir on teacher appointment

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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh Youth Congress (APYC) has condemned Education Minister Taba Tedir, alleging his inefficient approach to handling the recent illegal appointment of Primary Teachers (PGT) under the Directorate of Elementary Education in Longding district.

In a press statement, APYC President Tarh Jhony said that the Minister should accept and take moral responsibility for repeated dismal performances in CBSE exams despite having declared 2021 the "Year of Education" by the BJP government, wherein a huge amount of Rs. 1,000 crore had been pumped in to improve the education scenario in the state but without a clear road map on how and where this amount would be spent.

It was mere lip service by the state government and probably eyewash to conceal their ulterior motives.

"Moreover, regarding the recent PGT illegal appointment, constituting a three-member high-level inquiry committee comprising concerned appointing authorities was a big blunder and quite questionable," he said.

Further, the scam seems to have been hatched at the top level and executed fraudulently, as we had said earlier that any appointment in any department is done with the cognizance and approval of the concerned authority. "Besides, how will an officer/official declare himself involved if included in the inquiry committee? So, the high-level inquiry committee's integrity is doubtful and cannot be relied on," Jhony said.

He said that to date, regularisation of PRTs had been directly done by DEE instead of APSSB or APPSCE, due to which it is apparent that regular posts had been sold out fraudulently by the concerned department, thereby hampering the rightful regularisation of SSA teachers across the state.

"Furthermore, mere termination of those 28 appointed teachers and making them scapegoats won't make any difference, as the involvement of big fish cannot be ruled out. "Consequently, the APYC demands an independent probe into the whole scam across the state, right from the Commissioner to the DDSE level of all districts, by immediately handling the case to the SIC or SIT to apprehend the culprits irrespective of their power or position," he added.

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