Page 48 - 30SEPT18E

EDUCATION

he tall claims of clean, effi- Allahabad court in the people about transparency and tion was conducted, many candidates tage of the situation and alleged that,
cient and transparent gov- fairness in the selections. Some aspir- registered their allegations during talks “BJP government has committed a big
ernance were once again ants have also knocked the doors of with Tehelka , while they went to meet scam in the appointment of teachers in
shattered when the selec- Allahabad High Court. former Chief Minister and Samajwadi the state. It has cheated the job aspirant
T tion process adopted by detects fraud in The state capital is besieged with Party president Akhilesh Yadav. Puja youths and is playing with the future of
the UP government for the selection marches and protests by the unsuc- from Aurriya district (R.N.3535100429) BTC teachers.”
of 68,000 assistant teachers in the ba- cessful candidates who could not be alleged, “Evaluation of carbon copy of On the other front, pressing the
sic education sector of the state failed UP teacher selected in the final list as they are my answer sheet with declared answer demand for immediate appointment,
to pass the test of its judicial scrutiny. alleging organised scam in the selec- keys does not match at all. I must se- the passed candidates for BTC teachers’
The court summoned the records of tion process. They are not satisfied with cure 80 marks whereas the result sheet examination, were mercilessly cane
answer sheet and other evaluating high-level probe and are demand - gave me just 37 marks.” Manbodh (R.N. charged, manhandled, arrested and
records with the carbon copy of the selection process ing CBI probe into the matter. “In this 35381105203) from Pratapgarh said, deported to secluded place after mid-
candidate and noticed discrepancies. examination, a list of 23 examinees was “Instead of 74 marks I got 64 marks.” night on 8th September 2018 by police
The competition for Assistant Teacher obtained, who had not cleared exami- Yatindra Kumar (4064136) from force from the office premises of Direc-
Recruitment Examination 2018 (ATRE Hathras district levelled the serious tor Basic Education, where they were
2018) was conducted by the newly cre- The reports of widespread charge of forgery with his answer sheet, staging continuous sit-in for the last
ated Examination Regulatory Authority “Scanned copy of my answer sheet re- nine days. Police did not even spare the
(ERC). corruption and inefficiency in corded that I secured 91 marks out of protesting women present at the site of
Amid the charges of large-scale cor- UP’s education sector came 150, but in the results I was declared the peaceful demonstration.
ruption and bungling in the selection to light when a court found The ATRE-2018 was conducted to fill
process, the expose actually came up 68,500 vacant posts of teachers in gov-
before Lucknow Bench of Allahabad the answer sheets had been The manner in ernment primary schools in pursuance
High Court where a scheduled caste replaced to select ‘favoured’ which barcodes to advertisement dated 23.01.2018. More
candidate, Sonika Devi, filed a writ peti- than one lakh aspirants had appeared
tion claiming that her answer sheet was candidates. MUDIT MATHUR in the copies in the exam, whose results were de-
replaced as candidates who secured reports were exchanged clared in August. After the declaration
less than her marks have been called of the result of the written examina-
for counselling scheduled for the first and evidence tion of the recruitment, answer key was
week of September. Meanwhile, Justice independent enquiry into the murky destructed itself issued by the Examination Regulatory
Irshad Ali, provisionally allowed the pe- affairs and shall inform the court about Authority U.P. Lucknow on 13.8.2018.
titioner to attend the counselling. The its outcome. The angry Chief Minis- speaks of fairness However, only 41,556 could clear it. The
court will resume its further proceed- ter Yogi Adityanath immediately sus- in the selecting exam was held at 248 centres in the 18
ings in the matter on 17th September. pended the secretary ERC, Sutta Singh, divisions of UP. The first district alloca-
When the answer sheet produced and ordered disciplinary action against process tion list for counselling was announced
by the Secretary, ERA was compared her as per rules, besides removing on August 31, 2018, while second dis-
with the carbon copy of the petitioner Secretary, Basic Shiksha Parishad, trict allocation list for counselling was
before the court it did not tally. Advo- Sanjay Sinha. failed, securing just 41 marks.” He felt declared on September 2, 2018.
cate General then persuaded the court On his directives, later the state gov- that his answer sheets appeared as At a time when BJP is preparing for
to allow him to produce before it bar ernment formed a three-member com- replaced with one Miss Sita who rejuvenating its popularity graphs, Yogi
code bearing on the copy for tallying, mittee headed by principal secretary, • Learning graft Discrepancies in teachers’ nation, but were declared as qualified,” secured 41 marks, but in results, she just Adityanath is busy showcasing the pro-
to clarify whether this is the copy of Sanjay R Bhoosreddy, Vedpati Mishra, recruitment in UP affect future generations they alleged. got 91 marks. poor development initiatives to make a
the petitioner or not. Court agreed to project director of UP Education for All, They have been staging a continu- Sumit Kumar from western UP Am- front to challenge the united opposition
his suggestion but when Sri Dharmen- and Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur Singh, ernment feel scam of such a big level ous protest in the state capital. The roha (R.N.12130302210) complained, “I in 2019 general elections. Amid prepa-
dra Shahi, Technical Expert, examined Director of Basic Education. could not be possible without the active exam was conducted on May 27, 2018, just got 45 marks whereas my answer rations to promote its flagship schemes
the copy and found that the bar code Defining the terms of reference connivance between examination con- whereas the government modified cut- sheet accounts for 75 marks.” Simi - promising to provide more and more
bearing on the first page does not tally assigned to this high level commit- ducting computer agency and senior off criterion for the various reserved lar charges were advanced by Sudhir jobs, such oppressive steps with young
with the bar code bearing on the rest of tee, Manisha Trighatia, Secretary, Basic officers of the department. The manner and unreserved categories on 21st May Singh of Allahabad, Gourav Shukla job seekers can prove counterproduc-
inner pages of the answer sheet. It left Education said, “The committee will in which barcodes in the copies were 2018 just six days before the actual of Faizabad, Vimal Kumar Mishra of tive. Such unfavourable situation could
no room for the court but to entertain probe the anomaly in assistant teacher exchanged itself speaks of fairness in examination date. New norms reduced Deoria, Rajnish of Bhadoi, Bhim Sing be wisely averted but due to gross mis-
the petition and grant interim relief to recruitment process and fix account- the selecting process. The reports of the number of successful candidates to of Basti, Gaya Prasad Yadav, Rishikesh management, insensitivity and lack of
the complainant. ability of those involved. The panel will destruction of evidence by burning 41,556 whereas requisition was notified Paswan and many others who sur - concern in the administration about
Failing to satisfy court’s pointed que- submit its report in seven days and will the answer sheets by the suspended for 68,500 assistant teachers. rounded this correspondent pressing the deteriorating education sector, it
ries, the red-faced Advocate General suggest measures to plug loopholes to officer in Allahabad office have been Most of the protesters had similar to note down their details. happened.
Raghvendra Singh assured the court prevent a recurrence of the scam.” videographed and the video going viral grievances. Expressing their dissatis- Addressing the protesting candi-
that the government would conduct an Highly placed sources in the gov- on social media further creates doubts faction over the manner this examina- dates, Akhilesh Yadav took the advan- LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

TEHELKA / 30 SEPTEMBER 2018 48 WWW.TEHELKA.COM TEHELKA / 30 SEPTEMBER 2018 49 WWW.TEHELKA.COM

48-49 Mudit Mathur.indd 2 9/17/2018 8:20:16 PM 48-49 Mudit Mathur.indd 3 9/17/2018 8:20:30 PM