Punjab: Vijay Inder Singla cancels NOCs of 9 schools for defying government instructions
Coming down heavily on the private schools in Punjab for violating government instructions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the education minister Vijay Inder Singla has cancelled 'No Objection Certificates (NOCs)' given to 9 schools of various districts. Vijay Inder Singla said that he has been personally monitoring complaints against such private schools in Punjab and after reviewing the cases of these 9 schools, he has decided to cancel their NOCs for defying government directions. It is pertinent to mention that the school education minister had floated his personal email id, vijayindersingla@gmail.com, to receive such complaints against wrongdoings of private school managements. Also Read | Central govt to soon decide right age of marriage for girls: PM Narendra Modi Singla said that most of the complaints were by the employees for not paying them salaries or being paid less by their respective institutions during the Covid-19 pandemic. He added that after receiving the complaints against these schools, the education department has served notices to their management and after finding their replies unsatisfactory their NOCs have been cancelled. Also Read | COVID-19: Health Ministry deputes high-level Central teams to 5 states He said that Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab government will not allow any school management to exploit employees or flout any other instruction. The cabinet minister told that among these institutions, two schools were from Amritsar district, three from Ludhiana and one each from Fatehgarh Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Bathinda and Jalandhar districts. List of 9 private schools in Punjab whose NOCs have been cancelled:
- Delhi Public School and Devindra International School were from Amritsar district.
- Guru Nanak Public School Sarabha Nagar, DAV Public School Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar and Amrit Indo-Canadian Academy Ladian Khurd were from Ludhiana.
- Baalak Yesu Convent School village Phatak Majra Fatehgarh Sahib
- Rayat Bahra International School Hoshiarpur
- Indo Swiss International Convent School Jalandhar
- The Vibgyor School Ramgarh Bhunder Road Bathinda