Officials in a fix over DPSC functions after chairman resign

Statesman News Service

MALDA, 27 OCT: The officials of the primary education department in Malda are facing a lot of trouble to run the District Primary School Council (DPSC) after the resignation of its chairman, Dr Uttam Sarkar, at a time when the process of teacher recriutment is under way.

Following several pleas, Dr Sarkar was finally released yesterday afternoon.

Dr Sarkar again joined the physics department of Malda College today, where he used to work as a senior lecturer earlier.

Speculations are brewing in various quarters, after the matter came to the limelight.

A section of primary school teachers and others are saying that Dr Sarkar had to resign following a difference of opinion on the issue of primary teachers’ recruitment.

However, Dr Sarkar denied such speculations and said: “They can call me ‘selfish’ because I decided to join college service again to build my career. My promotion was due in May 2009".

“I needed to study more to be a reader following the guidelines of the University Grant Commission. So I decided to quit the post for my career,” he said.

The CPI-M party leaders, who play a vital role to nominate a man as chairman of the DPSC, said that Dr Sarkar was suffering from financial problems while working as the chairman of the council.

Moreover, he was in no position to become the principal of any college if he continued as the council's chairman.

The district secretary of the CPI-M, Mr Jiban Moitra said students of Malda College had been complaining that in Dr Sarkar's absence its physics department was facing problem.

After completion of the Sujapur bypoll a new chairman would be nominated to run the DPSC in Malda.