Salem teacher faces action for taking part in event honouring EPS
The Tamil Nadu Education Department has taken disciplinary action against a teacher for participating in a function to felicitate former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
On Sunday, on behalf of various farmers’ associations, a function was held at Mecheri to felicitate Mr. Palaniswami for implementing the 100-lake scheme in the district. At the event, R. Seetharaman, alias Thambaiah, an English teacher at Ariyampatti Panchayat Union Middle School, praised the former Chief Minister on behalf of one of the associations.
The Education Department took disciplinary action against Mr. Seetharaman on Monday.
In a letter to the Director of Elementary Education, the Tharamangalam District Educational Officer (elementary education) A. Raju said his office received complaints against Mr. Seetharaman that he was not reporting regularly for duty at the school, and that he was doing AIADMK party-related work and functioning as the Cauvery Surplus Water Committee president while in government service.
The official added that Mr. Seetharaman was spending time talking on the phone and browsing his laptop during school hours, and not taking classes. An inquiry was conducted at the school on November 14, and Mr. Seetharaman admitted that he was a functionary of a politically affiliated farmers’ association. Based on the inquiry, disciplinary action was taken against him.
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