Four teachers, one principal suspended in Porbandar

Rajkot: Four government school teachers and one school principal were suspended on Saturday for allegedly running a proxy teacher racket in Porbandar district.
After the officials of Porbandar district education department received a complaint, they conducted a surprise inspection at six government schools in Kutiyana taluka and one government school in Ranavav taluka.
“During the inspection at one school, it was found that a teacher, identified as Dilip Suva, used to come to the school only twice in a month to sign the attendance register. Instead of Suva, Bhavika Kangaria and Shraddha Ravalia were working as proxy teachers,” said an official from Porbandar district education department.
It was found that the racket was being run allegedly with connivance of school principal Nandania Malade, taluka primary education officer Dilip Makwana, block resource coordinator Rajeshkumar Adhia and cluster resource coordinator Chirag Pardhi.
“We suspended Suva, Malade, Makwana, Adhia and Pardhi with immediate effect and lodged a complaint against them along with Karangia and Rawalia under different sections of Indian Penal Code dealing with cheating and fraud. The complaint has been filed at Kutiyana police station,” added the education department official.