The Uttar Pradesh government has initiated a comprehensive verification drive covering approximately 3.5 lakh teachers employed in council-run and aided primary and upper primary schools across the state. Following directions from the High Court, the Basic Education Department has ordered a thorough examination of appointment letters and educational credentials to identify appointments secured through fraudulent or irregular means. Basic Education Director Anil Bhushan Chaturvedi has directed all Divisional Assistant Directors of Education and Basic Education Officers to execute the scrutiny, setting a one-week deadline for educators to submit their paperwork. The documents under review include matriculation, intermediate, graduation, B.Ed, BTC, D.El.Ed, B.El.Ed, Teacher Eligibility Test, Central Teacher Eligibility Test certificates, and all other mandatory qualifications.
Mandatory Disclosures and Submission of Affidavits
As part of the verification protocols, every teacher must submit a formal affidavit declaring whether any close relative currently serves or has retired as a Basic Education Officer or in an equivalent higher-ranking departmental position. The mandated disclosure list encompasses spouses, parents, children, in-laws, siblings, and cousins across various branches of the family. Teachers who have no relatives holding administrative rank in the education department are likewise required to submit an affidavit explicitly affirming that status. The entire collection mechanism will function through school headmasters, acting headmasters, and block education officers, who will gather the files from individual institutions and channel them to higher authorities.
Findings to Reach STF and Regional Authorities
District Basic Education Officers will compile comprehensive reports on suspected fraudulent recruitments and forward the dossiers directly to the Special Task Force for enforcement action. District authorities are also instructed to supply their findings to 18 range offices and seven police commissionerates across the state. The current crackdown follows past incidents where large numbers of educators secured teaching positions using forged degrees, notably bogus B.Ed credentials traced back to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra and other institutions. Hundreds of such individuals were previously terminated from their services and booked under formal police complaints.
Special Leave Granted for Mandatory Eligibility Test
In a related administrative decision, the Basic Education Department has sanctioned one day of special leave for in-service teachers and special educators appearing for the Special Teacher Eligibility Test scheduled for November 3. The examination will take place across 131 designated centres in six divisional headquarters, specifically Agra, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Prayagraj, and Varanasi. Passing the eligibility test was made mandatory under directives issued by the Supreme Court. Records indicate that nearly 1.41 lakh primary teachers appointed in or prior to 2010 have not cleared the mandatory qualifying examination.
