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J&K government terminates 28 teachers during past two months

Last Updated on January 25, 2022 at 4:22 pm

In past two months, government of Jammu and Kashmir has sacked 28 government teachers for being unauthorizedly absent.

Recently government has sacked two teachers of school education department which has made toll to 28. An order was issued by the Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), said that these teachers have been remaining absent unauthorized from their legitimate duties.

The order read that one of the teachers posted at Primary School Khumriyal in north Kashmir’s Kupwara remained un-authorizedly absent for 19 years. The order further read teacher remained absent from her legitimate duties from 01-07-2002.

She was given the chance to be heard by DSEK but teacher failed to provide a valid justification for her long unauthorized absence.

Another teacher also remained unauthorized absent from duties. DSEK said that the teacher was absent from 01-10-2014 and had proceeded outside the country without obtaining prior station leave permission or the sanction of leave from the competent authority.

Moreover, government terminated three teachers of School Education Department from the services for remaining absent un-authorizedly on January 14.

In the first week of December-2021, the government sacked one teacher followed by six more in the last week of November-2021 for remaining absent un-authorizedly.