This story is from June 30, 2020

50% KGBV staff found absent in random checking

50% KGBV staff found absent in random checking
Lucknow: About 92% of teachers of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) in Kanpur Dehat skipped duty on June 25, a random checking of attendance conducted by the basic education department has revealed. Only 8% staff attended the duty in Kanpur Dehat on June 25. These schools had reopened on June 8.
In fact, about 50% teachers and wardens were found absent in KGBVs in 38 UP districts on June 25.

The checking was conducted two weeks after the basic education department made it compulsory for KGBV staff to upload data, including photographs of the infrastructure facilities in schools, on the Prerna portal. A total 565 KGBVs out of 746 had posted the attendance details of June 25 on the portal .
The KGBV analytics showed a sharp gap in the attendance of staff during morning (in time) and evening (out time). While 4,555 staff members from 565 KGBVs reported their presence at 8am, only 128 staff members from 42 KGBVs were present on the campus around 2.30pm. UP has 746 KGBVs with total staff strength of 8,953.
Besides Kanpur Dehat, KGBVs in Maharajganj and Chitrakoot had the least staff attendance — 9.5% and 16.3% respectively. Among the big towns, Lucknow (67.7%) and Gautam Budh Nagar (63.4%) reported highest absenteeism.
Muzzafarnagar (81%) and Jalaun (79.5%) had the best staff presence during the random checking. Ghaziabad reported 45% staff presence, while Prayagraj and Varanasi had 56.8% and 57.4% attendance, respectively.
The report also captured the data on infrastructural facilities available in KGBVs. Of the 746 KGBVs, only 453 have responded online. Full data came only from 16 districts, including Varanasi and Lucknow.
Following the survey, state project director, Samagra Shiksha, Vijay Kiran Anand has instructed all basic shiksha adhikaris to release salary of staff whose data is available on the Prerna portal.
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