Edu dept appoints DEO in Buxar dist

BUXAR: The state education department on Tuesday notified the posting of Amar Bhushan as district education officer (DEO) of Buxar district. The TOI, in its Tuesday edition, had reported about non-payment of salary to over 8,000 primary and middle school teachers in the district for three months due to absence of a full-fledged DEO.
The previous DEO was transferred on June 30.The district programme officer of accounts and planning, Prabodh Kumar, was holding additional charge of DEO. Official sources said the officiating DEO did not have financial powers.
According to Bihar Primary Teachers' Association (Gope faction) state secretary Naseem Ahmed, the teachers have not been paid their salaries for three months. “We now expect that the teachers of Buxar would be paid salaries immediately,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to the notification, Ashwini Kumar has been posted as DEO of Lakhisarai. The post there was also lying vacant for quite sometime.