FIR registered against 57 ‘fake’ teachers in UP's Firozabad

AGRA: Basic education department of Firozabad district has registered an FIR against 57 teachers who had allegedly secured jobs in state government-run primary schools on the basis of fake marksheets issued in the name of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra. Earlier this month, these teachers were dismissed from service.
According to the basic education department officials, a large number of candidates had managed to secure jobs as primary school teachers in different districts on the basis of fake B.Ed marksheets for 2004-05 session.Allahabad high court had constituted a special investigation team to probe the B.Ed scam at Agra university. Action is being taken against the “fake teachers” in different districts after SIT submitted its report.
In 2019, the SIT had compiled a list of 3,637 candidates who had managed to get B.Ed degrees by fraudulent means. Earlier, 2,823 candidates out of these were declared fake by Agra university administration.
Arvind Pathak, BSA, Firozabad, said, “After terminating 57 primary teachers who had managed to secure jobs on basis of fake certificates, the block education officers were directed to register an FIR against all of them. The FIRs have been registered at local police stations concerned in eight blocks where these teachers were teaching. A report in this regard is being sent to the state government. “
The FIR against the teachers has been registered under IPC section 420 (cheating and dishonesty), 466 (forgery of record of court or of public register), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record).
Last year, the Firozabad district basic education department had terminated and registered FIRs against 70 “fake teachers”. Out of these, only one accused has been arrested so far.