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.
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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.
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He said that Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab government will not allow any school management to exploit employees or flout any other instruction.
List of 9 private schools in Punjab whose NOCs have been cancelled:
