The School Education Department on Saturday issued an explanation to a lady teacher and withheld her salary due to allegations of using an unknown app for fake attendance.
The Zonal Education Officer, Rajwar, in Kupwara district issued an order asking the teacher to disclose the app she had been using for fake attendance.
The order stated that the teacher had been marking her attendance on the JK Attendance SED App from a different location than her assigned place of posting. Despite marking attendance using an unknown app on that day, she was found absent. The act was taken seriously as it indicated proxy attendance, which goes against the norms and guidelines of the Directorate of School Education Kashmir.
The Zonal Education Officer also instructed the head of the institution to explain their position and why they didn’t inform the department about the issue. The erring teacher has given a deadline of May 29 to provide an explanation along with details of the software she had been using for fake attendance. Failure to comply would result in disciplinary action as per the rules.
Additionally, the salary of the teacher, Shabena Nazir, and the Head of Institution (HOI) of UPS Rehanzab, Mohammad Amin Sheikh, was withheld until further orders. The Zonal Education Officer also directed the JK Attendance SED App (Zone Rajwar) to provide the attendance data for the month of May 2023, including check-in and check-out times with location coordinates, for the above-mentioned Teacher Grade-II.
Zonal Education Officer Shafiq Ahmad stated that an inquiry team had been formed and instructed to submit a report within two days.
