Send Children of Officials to Government Schools: Allahabad High Court

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Send Children of Officials to Government Schools: Allahabad High Court

ALLAHABAD, UTTAR PRADESH: All government servants, elected representatives, members of judiciary and any other persons who get any benefit or salary from the state exchequer or public fund should send their children to primary schools run by the state education board, said the Allahabad High Court.

The court has asked the Chief Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to "take steps within six months so as to make the aforesaid directions applicable from the next academic session," and file a compliance report thereafter.

The order came on petition filed by Umesh Kumar Singh and others who had challenged the process of selection of Associate Teachers for government-run primary and junior high schools in UP for the years 2013 and 2015.

The court observed that government servants would ensure that state-run schools would function well if they send their children to such educational institutions.

Justice Sudhir Agarwal, who passed the judgement, also ruled that "penal provisions" be laid down for those who violate the order. An amount equal to the school fees should be deposited by officials and elected representatives to the state exchequer, for every child going to a private school which is not maintained by the state government, the court said.

The court also said that any such person not following the order "should be made to suffer other benefits like increment, promotional avenues for a certain period, as the case may be". The appropriate provisions can be made by the government to ensure that parents or wards of children are compelled to receive primary education in the schools run by the Board.

The court pulled up the state's Basic Education department for "mindless, negligent, casual amendments" in rules pertaining to appointment of teachers.

"If a little care would have been there on the part of responsible officers in making legislations for making recruitment, huge litigations resulting in lakhs of vacancies in primary schools maintained by the UP Board would not have been caused", the court remarked.

Story First Published: August 18, 2015 21:56 IST

Originally posted by: iMini

Ofcorse! Making children the scapegoat and subject of experiments have become a trend these days.Crap.

Originally posted by: iMini

There are certainly other ways of improving these officials' efficiency.Use your brains and you can identify what ways-no rocket science. Why should their kids suffer?
Imagine an 8 year old or well..a 12 grader having to shift to one of those government schools from a good private school.Why? Because they are born to govt employees?

Originally posted by: Deepthought

The other way of looking at it is to say of they are governmental officers/officials they should support public schools. If you think public schools are poor quality, ask yourself why. Who is responsible for their sorry state? If governmental officers/officials children suffer, perhaps they will be incentivised to fix public education system. Cuyrrently these officials are buying themselves out of the system of public education - something that is not an option for millions of Indians.

Originally posted by: iMini

@bold: then first answer that question if you don't want the officials to improve upon their work and tell me why is there no other way than to make children suffer.

Originally posted by: iMini

@deep thought: the question you remains unanswered-who are responsible?
Isn't being serious about work result into more efficiency at work?Do you even get what I am trying to say? Read my 2nd post again.

Another question: why are you against private schools? Because only 'rich people' can afford it? seriously..

Originally posted by: Deepthought

Yes. As I have indicated earlier I have been involved in education. (Firstly as a teacher , then then worked my way up through the ranks till I acted as a School Inspector checking on the quality of teaching and learning in the public education sector.)

I believe in equality of opportunity and social justice - issues that I have been politically active over (for at least 30 years) and latterly issues which I have advised local government on in a professional capacity. Do you have a problem with that?