Faridkot, December 29

The Department of School Education today ordered to remove the principal and the administration officer of Government Adarsh School, Pucca, in Faridkot district. The principal and the administration officer are siblings. A few days back, the Faridkot Police had registered a criminal case against the chairman and the principal of the school for misappropriation of funds.

Harsimran Kaur Randhawa, principal, and Jasmeet Singh Randhawa, administration officer, are children of Narinder Singh Randhawa, chairman of the Sukh Sagar Welfare Association. The association manages three Government Adarsh Schools in Faridkot and Moga districts, under PPP mode. The private partners spend 30 per cent of the total money and the rest 70 per cent is contributed by the state government.

After a complaint was received from a teacher, the Faridkot police had registered a criminal case against Narinder Singh Randhawa and his daughter Harsimran Kaur, earlier this month, for cheating. Allegedly, the accused faked some receipts to misappropriate the funds received from the Department of School Education to disburse among teachers as salary.

The state government spends Rs 1,852 per student per month in 24 Adarsh schools in the state. These funds are provided to the management. Earlier, Narinder Randhawa and his son Jasmeet Singh were booked for allegedly raping a teacher. The Department of School Education had also found Randhawa guilty of making fake enrollment of 22 teachers in three Adarsh schools. — TNS