Education
Meghalaya Minister, official booked in teachers recruitment scam
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday said it has files a case against Meghalaya’s PWD Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh and Additional Chief Secretary P.S. Thangkhiew on charges of their alleged role in manipulation of score sheets in the recruitment of teachers during 2008-09.
Lyngdoh was the Education Minister and Thangkhiew was the Principal Secretary in the same department when the alleged scam occurred.
Thangkhiew, a 1984-batch IAS officer, is now the Additional Chief Secretary, Home.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the case under charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal breach of trust against Lyngdoh and Thangkhiew.
The Directorate of Elementary and Mass Education and some unidentified persons have also been mentioned int the CBI FIR.
The agency’s move came following Meghalaya High Court’s November 2, 2017 order directing the CBI to take over the investigation registered by state police relating to alleged mass manipulation, tampering in the score sheets and interference in the selection of assistant teachers in lower primary schools in the state in 2008-09.
It is alleged that Lyngdoh had instructed J.D. Sangma, who was the Director, Elementary and Mass Education, at that time and two of her supporters to tamper and forge the score sheets by applying white fluid to increase or decrease marks of the candidates.
The complainant had alleged that the Minister in collusion and connivance with other members of the Assembly carried out large scale manipulation in the selection process for the appointment of assistant teachers.
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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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