‘Irregular attendance’ puts teacher in soup

Vadodara: Normally, a photograph with a minister is something that many boast about, especially on social media. But a primary teacher in Dahod district has landed in trouble after his photographs with newly inducted ministers Kuber Dindor and Nimisha Suthar went viral on social media. The photographs were posted along with a message highlighting his ‘irregular attendance since a decade’.
The teacher at a village primary school in Fatepura taluka of Dahod district has been under the scanner for some time now.Complaints of his irregular attendance had been made to senior officials too.
District primary education officer (DPEO) Mayur Parekh said that they had received a complaint regarding the teacher in July and it was being investigated. “Our officials have already visited the school and are gathering details,” he said.
Sources said that many allege that the teacher is also running some other business during the school’s working hours. They added that he was an active BJP worker which explains his photographs with Dindor who is from Mahisagar district and Suthar who is from Panchmahal. The teacher’s wife is an active member of BJP and also holds the post of panchayat member too.
Sources said that it was after making complaints at the local level that the parents approached the DPEO office. Parekh said that the school principal has already been warned that he should not make any concessions to the erring teacher. Parekh will be visiting the school next week to probe the matter.