The dispute between the departments of two IAS officers of Bihar is not stopping. The dispute is increasing between KK Pathak’s education department and Patna district administration regarding the closure of government and private schools (pre-schools, Anganwadi centers and coaching centers) up to class 8 in Patna district by DM. Now the matter has reached the Chief Secretary regarding the correspondence done by the Education Department. Patna DM has requested the Chief Secretary to review the entire matter and find an appropriate solution.
Patna DM wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary
On Wednesday, DM Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh informed the Chief Secretary about the status of the order issued regarding closure of government schools due to cold wave etc. It has been said in the letter that there is a discussion between the Education Department and the District Administration regarding the closure of schools. The endless correspondence is creating confusion. This is not appropriate from the administrative point of view. In the administrative system, rights and limits are well defined at all levels. This should be respected.
School holiday till 25th January
It has been mentioned in the letter that due to the continuing cold day conditions and low temperature in Patna district, due to the possibility of danger to the health and life of children, under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, a ban has been imposed on educational activities till class 8th. In January it was extended till January 25.
Regarding this, in the order issued by the Director of Secondary Education regarding the closure of schools by the district administration on January 22, mentioning that the Education Department has not complied with the order issued on January 20, the District Education Officer has been asked to keep all the schools open. Was directed to.
DM requested to resolve the matter
After this, on January 22, the District Administration informed the Director of Secondary Education in detail about the above mentioned situation and the powers given to the District Magistrate under Section 144 of the Indian Code of Procedure. After this, again through a letter issued on January 23 by the Education Department, a report has been demanded citing various types of objections. The DM has requested the Chief Secretary to review the entire matter at his level and find an appropriate solution.
Teachers remained present but children stopped coming to school
Here, following separate instructions issued by the education department and the district administration, the government schools of the city were opened on Wednesday and teachers were also present. But school children themselves have stopped coming to school due to cold. Schools opened on Wednesday, but classes were not held in the city schools. Like normal days, arrangements were made to teach the children coming to primary and middle schools, but in most of the government schools of the city, not a single child from class one to eight was present. However, teachers continued to work in their schools as per the scheduled time.