Directorate of Information & Publicity 
DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & PUBLICITY
GOVERNMENT OF DELHI
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New Delhi 18/03/2015
DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER, SHRI MANISH SISODIA TAKES STRICT VIEW OF NEWS REPORT WITH REGARD TO MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE SCHOOL IN DELHI FORCED THE STAFF AND STUDENTS TO ENROLL AS MEMBERS OF A POLITICAL PARTY
- DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER DIRECTS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE A SHOW CAUSE NOTICE TO THE SCHOOL
- DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN ASKED TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE INCIDENT
- DELHI GOVT. IS COMMITTED TO CREATE A POSITIVE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Deputy chief minister and education minister Mr Manish Sisodia has taken a strict view of the news report that the management of a private school in Delhi forced the staff and students to enroll as members of a political party.
The minister directed the department of education to issue a show cause notice to the school and it has to respond to the notice within three days.
It has also been reported that the school withheld the payment of salaries to the staff till they completed the membership target, if it is found to be true, the Delhi government will not tolerate this unacceptable practice.
Separately, a deputy director in the department of education has been asked to conduct an inquiry into the entire incident.
The department will also send an advisory to all the schools of the national capital to desist from any kind of political activity and not to indulge in forcible membership of any political outfit.
Delhi government is committed to creating a positive academic environment in educational institutions and private schools should not cross limits of decency and appropriate public behavior.
They must desist from polluting young minds for petty political and monetary gains.
The government appreciates the role of the media in highlighting an unethical practice in a private chain of schools, which seems to be blinded by profit motives.
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