Summary:
RTI ACTNaina MishraTribune News ServiceChandigarh, November 18According to an RTI reply, the Department of Education does not have any compiled record of teachers, students and vacancy of subject teachers at each school, which is important for making decisions such as rationalisation of teachers. An inquiry under the RTI Act sought information regarding the number of teachers deployed at all government schools of the UT, number of students enrolled in schools and the number of vacancies from the UT School Education. The reply sent by the UT School Education Department reads: “No such compiled information is available in the domain of this office.”The department also claims to monitor daily attendance of teachers through an electronic attendance system, but failed to submit the record of teachers deployed at each school. The record also holds importance for accessing surplus and deficit teachers at schools to ensure rationalisation of posts and transferring teachers as per the need. Lack of compiled data for students and teachers is an evidence of poor governance by the UT..