Summary:
Education Secretary Krishan Kumar has issued a letter to all department heads stating that no information will be sought manually or by hand from teachers. If it is important to seek the information manually, the permission for the same should be sought from the department,” the letter stated. The Education Secretary has also said if any data is not available online and it needs to be sought manually, the permission for the same will be taken from the Education Department. The new instructions are seen as a step to reduce the burden of undue clerical work from teachers. The Education Secretary also said the department had also come to know that the headquarters, circle education offices, district education offices and block education offices were still seeking information through letters and sometimes by hand..