‘Fake’ diploma probe in Bihar: For 53,000 contract academics, ‘last chance’ to show levels actual

The Bihar authorities will quickly ask 53,000 academics to show the authenticity of their training levels towards which they secured contract jobs between 2007 and 2015, in response to authorities sources.
The levels of greater than 1.10 lakh academics have been below scrutiny of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) since 2014 after a Patna High Court course.
But with the High Court’s deadline, January 12, approaching, a VIB supply stated, “As there has been little headway in getting degrees of all the teachers despite combined efforts of the bureau and the Education Department, we have now decided to put the onus on teachers to prove their degrees.”

Earlier, district training officers had been requested to gather diploma folders of the academics in query.
An training division official stated greater than 53,000 academics will quickly be issued notices. “It will be their last chance to prove their degrees or else they can lose their jobs,” stated the official.
Till final month, the Education Department had failed to supply particulars on the levels of 1,10,410 academics of a complete of three,52,818 academics appointed on contract foundation within the first part of academics’ appointment after 2007.

Senior Counsel Dinu Kumar instructed The Sunday Express, “The HC in its order on January 31 this year has quoted the figures of pendency of teachers’ folders. We wonder why the Education Department is not able to provide details to the court. Even though education degrees of over 1.10 lakh teachers are not scrutinised, they continue to serve and get their salaries. Let us see if these folders can be submitted to the HC by January 12.”
On August 26, 2019, a division bench of Justices Shivaji Pandey and Partha Sarthy had stated, “Let vigilance file a detailed counter affidavit, bring on record what period it would take to conclude the investigation and identify the teachers who are still continuing on the basis of fake certificates.”