Wednesday, July 18, 2012

How can We Get Rid of Currupt Practices in Navodayas??

Indian Express today carried a news story about one of the top officers of NVS being probed by HRD for irregularities. Even that inquiry seems to be prompted by another Express Story about the same officer a few months ago. This incident should act as an eye opener to other officers and particularly to the Principals.

One off incidents such as this may not have much impact. There is a great need for review of the way in which Vidyalaya accounts are audited. Bulk of the audit reports contain objections about trivial issues such as TA claims, Children Educational Allowances and miss the real irregularities which are done by the Principals. It doesn't mean that audit should ignore the corrupt practices of the staff but equal stress should be given on checking the corrupt practices that are commonly resorted to in Navodayas costing huge loss of public money. Internal Audit is handed over to the same agencies year after year and it results in some kind of unhealthy  understanding between the audited and auditor.

Teachers, whose reporting officer is Principal, can't dare to speak out. Committees of teachers usually verify and certify the receipt of goods. Samples are rarely looked at and majority of the times Store Keepers take the stock and obtain the signatures later. Panel Inspection should include verification of received stock with that of samples. Surprise Inspections by Third Parties are essential to control the corrupt practices.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Who is the real founder? Rajiv or PV Narsimha Rao

PV Narsimha Rao is never given credit for all the reforms he has initiated in nineties, which catapulted our country from 'hindu average growth rate' to one of the top growth rates in the world. Navodayas are the brain child of this great man but the credit is given to Rajiv Gandhi. You will find Rajiv Gandhi Smruti Van in each and every Vidyalaya and find no trace of PV Narasimha Rao except a few photographs in first two Vidyalayas(Amravati and Jhajhar).

I would like to quote a few lines from the Hindu: "Andhra Pradesh was the first to start the concept of residential schools in the government sector when P.V. Narasimha Rao was the Education Minister. The first school was established in Sarvail in 1971. Meritorious students were selected from all Telangana districts and provided best of education under the gurukulam concept. Similar schools were established in Tadikonda for Andhra region and Kodigenahalli for Rayalaseema region in 1972. The concept of these schools was adopted nationwide when Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister leading to the establishment of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Hope there would be some space for the real founder in Navodayas.Let the world worship the false gods but not the Navodayas.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

JNVST 2012 RESULT IS DECLARED

JNVST 2012 result was already declared and is available with the Vidyalayas. Result could not be uploaded on Samiti's Website due to relocation of Headquarters. Attempts seem to be underway to put the results on respective RO. websites. Interested parents can call the JNVs and know their results: Phone no's of JNVs can be found here

P.S   Result can now be downloaded from here