Teachers and non-teaching staff working
in Assam’s provincialised secondary schools cannot study further or obtaining
any degree while in service without prior permission of the competent
authorities, directed the Assam Government citing Assam Civil Service Rules,
1965.
Provincialised schools are those
institutes in which the government has taken over all liabilities of a
non-government school.
The government usually takes over only
those institutes that are in remote places or serve a backward community or
where there are no government schools.
In a letter to the Inspector of Schools
across the State, Secondary Education Director Mamata Hojai cited an old clause
from the Assam Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1965 and to implement it
strictly.
Hojai noted it is a violation of service
rules if a teaching or non-teaching staff of a provincialised school pursues
educational or professional qualifications without permission.
She stated, “Departmental proceedings
should be immediately initiated against those teaching and non-teaching staff
of the provincialised secondary schools who have acquired any academic or
professional qualification during the service period without obtaining
permission from the appointing authority.”
Prima facie if it is found that the incumbent
has flouted the rule, then penalties prescribed in The Assam Services
(Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1964 may be imposed upon such government
servant after following due procedure, she added.
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