Action has been taken against the teacher who was absent from school after taking maternity leave on e-Shikshakosh portal in Vaishali, bihar and the headmaster who granted leave. The education department has suspended the teacher and the headmaster. district education Officer Virendra Narayan said that the teacher and headmaster of the school were asked for clarification regarding the error in the e-Shikshakosh portal. In which it was found that the maternity entry was made on the e-Shikshakosh portal from the headmaster's ID to take leave.
Teacher Jitendra Kumar Singh remained absent from school by taking leave in the wrong manner. Teacher and headmaster Shatrughan Kumar ravi were suspended after getting a satisfactory answer in the clarification.
The screenshot went viral on social media
Let us tell you that a male government teacher in bihar had applied for maternity leave and after it was approved, he remained on leave for a week. The incident came to light when some users of the portal for online application of leave for government teachers took a screenshot of it and posted it on social media. After the education department became a laughing stock, officials claimed that it was a 'technical error' which will be fixed and there is nothing wrong in it.
Regarding the matter, education Officer-in-charge of Mahua block of Vaishali district, archana Kumari also said that it is a case of wrong entry in the leave application format. The error is technical and will be fixed. Jitendra Kumar Singh, a teacher posted in a school in the same district, is related to this case. archana Kumari admitted that only women are given maternity leave, but she also said that 'men also get paternity leave to take care of their newborn babies. After the incident, some teachers had complained that they had applied for casual leave, but their earned leaves were cut.
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