India: Assembly session: Govt to push for direct dismissal of teachers accused of molesting students

Assembly session: Govt to push for direct dismissal of teachers accused of molesting students

The state government is considered formulating a policy for the direct dismissal of teachers accused of molesting their students after conducting a preliminary probe by invoking Article 311 of the constitution, education minister Suresh Bhardwaj said on Wednesday. He was responding to the point of order raised by the leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri on alleged molestation of 13 girl students of a government school in his home constituency Haroli in Una district. “They can appeal the high court but the government will take stern action,” said Bhardwaj. The education minister expressed concern over the increasing number of incidents of ...

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