Majority of Assam education dept staff facing graft charges

Most of the officials of the Assam Education Department are facing vigilance investigations resulting in shortage of staff, the state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma admitted today.
Replying to a volley of queries on the functioning of the department, he said, "It is very unfortunate...There are only a few officers in the Education Department against whom there is no case going on. Almost everyone is facing vigilance enquiries...I cannot even give promotions to my department officials, there are no people left."
In the recent years, there have been allegations of large scale corruptions in the Education Department.
Earlier, replying to a question on appointment of primary school teachers, Sarma said huge appointments were made in almost every district, particularly in Nalbari, during the regime of earlier education ministers.

"There were 105 alloted posts for Middle English schools, while it was 280 for Lower Primary schools in Nalbari. However, 580 teachers were appointed in ME schools. We do not have the exact number of appointed teachers in LP as the documents were seized by the DC but it is reported to be around 4,000 teachers.
"Due to large scale of anomalies in appointment, all the appointments were terminated," Sarma said.