150 schools still

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Jan 30: Nearly 150 government aided secondary schools are allegedly running year after year without "recognition" of the state school authorities in Malda district. According to a senior government official, the school authorities should "re-extend" it reorganisation applying to education department as well as the board but they do not take initiative to renew its recognition on time due to negligence of the head of school and the managing committee. Though the office of the district inspector of schools should detect such anomaly checking grant in aid memo regularly, but some times no one care for it to execute the system strictly. “A few days ago we have detected some schools who did not apply for extension of its recognition. We had to stop salary to press the school authorities for implementing the government's system”, said Mr Chinmay Sarkar, the Malda DI. “I do not know that 150 schools did not apply to renew its recognition. We will check it through grant in aid memo before releasing salary of the schools”, Mr. Sarkar said. For example, Mokdumpur Girls’ Junior High School, located at Green Park in English Bazaar town is running without recognition since 1987. The authorities had to stop salary for the teachers of the school to follow the system recently. The secretary of the school, Mr. Tapan Sarkar, admitted the fact said: “ The former managing committee was reluctant to renew its recognition. I took the charge of the school as secretary two year back. We had applied for the extension of its recognition and the Malda has forwarded to the board after recommendation”. Mr. Tapan Sarkar disclosed that due to negligence of managing committee and head of the intuitions nearly 150 schools were running without recognition in this district. “Head master or head mistress should look into the matter not depending on the managing committee of the school within the stipulated time or till further order of the board “, he said.