Assam: Bongaigaon Inspector of Schools suspended for negligence of duty

Guwahati: The state government of Tuesday has placed the Inspector of Schools in Assam’s Bongaigaon district under suspension over negligence of duty.

According to an official notification, the Department of School Education received a report from the Director of Secondary Education stating that the accused Inspector of Schools, Jyotsna Rani Barman, AES, was absent in Headquarters unauthorisedly.

Moreover, It has also come to the fore that the Talent Search Examination, 2023 of State Academic Council, Assam for class-VIII, IX, and X was held on December 31, 2023 (Sunday) and accordingly, Barman was appointed as District Examination Controller cum Supervising Officer as well as Zonal Incharge of Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, South Salmara, Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.

The notice that was served to the Inspector of Schools reads, “It has been reported in the aforementioned report that the zone-wise confidential examination materials were sent to all the assigned zones on 27.12.2023 from Director of Secondary Education, Assam by special messenger.

However, Smti. Jyotsna Rani Barman, Inspector of Schools, Bongaigion was not found in the Headquarters to receive the above-mentioned confidential materials.

Smti. Jyotsna Rani Barman neither applied for any leave nor intimated to the Director regarding her absence. Moreover, Smti, Jyotsna Rani Barman, Inspector of Schools, BDC, Bongaigaon did not hand over the charge of the office of the Inspector of Schools, Bongaigaon to any authorized person during her unauthorized absence.”

Stating this, the Department of School Education placed the Inspector of Schools under suspension for negligence of duty and traveling out of state without the approval of the competent authority.

In 2020, the same inspector was reportedly nabbed under bribery charges while she was serving in Nalbari district.

Jyotsna was caught by the sleuths of the anti-corruption bureau while taking a bribe amount of Rs. 15,000.