Ludhiana, January 12
Perturbed over the complaints being made by the wards and the girl students of facing “harassement” at the hands of male teachers in their respective schools from several districts, the state government has decided to put only female teachers in Government School for Girls in Punjab.
For this, the District Education Officers (DEOs) in Punjab have been asked to prepare a list of schools and depute female staff in girls’ schools and male staff in boys’ schools.
Talking to The Tribune, Sikandar Singh Maluka, Education Minister, Punjab, said that they were getting complaints from several quarters in recent times and this was the best way to deal with the issue.
“But the problem will not be solved in just few days as the staff ratio in districts has to be taken care of. We have asked the DEOs to prepare a list of girls’ schools where female staff can be deputed,” said Maluka.
The minister has given 10-days’ time to prepare such lists and following the orders, DPI Schools have asked DEOs to provide the information on how many male teachers were posted in girls’ schools in Punjab so that necessary work could start at the earliest.
In the first phase, the male teachers in government girls schools will be shifted to nearby boys schools and in the next phase, the female staff of the boys schools will be sent to girls schools to avoid such complaints.
It may be mentioned that complaints were pouring-in from wards of girl students that male teachers were harassing their daughters. One such complaint had recently generated a controversy in which a Jagraon based male teacher had troubled a girl student and an inquiry was made following which the teacher was shifted.
Perturbed over the complaints being made by the wards and the girl students of facing “harassement” at the hands of male teachers in their respective schools from several districts, the state government has decided to put only female teachers in Government School for Girls in Punjab.
For this, the District Education Officers (DEOs) in Punjab have been asked to prepare a list of schools and depute female staff in girls’ schools and male staff in boys’ schools.
Talking to The Tribune, Sikandar Singh Maluka, Education Minister, Punjab, said that they were getting complaints from several quarters in recent times and this was the best way to deal with the issue.
“But the problem will not be solved in just few days as the staff ratio in districts has to be taken care of. We have asked the DEOs to prepare a list of girls’ schools where female staff can be deputed,” said Maluka.
The minister has given 10-days’ time to prepare such lists and following the orders, DPI Schools have asked DEOs to provide the information on how many male teachers were posted in girls’ schools in Punjab so that necessary work could start at the earliest.
In the first phase, the male teachers in government girls schools will be shifted to nearby boys schools and in the next phase, the female staff of the boys schools will be sent to girls schools to avoid such complaints.
It may be mentioned that complaints were pouring-in from wards of girl students that male teachers were harassing their daughters. One such complaint had recently generated a controversy in which a Jagraon based male teacher had troubled a girl student and an inquiry was made following which the teacher was shifted.
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