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Madhya Pradesh: School Teacher Sacked For Violating State's Two-Child Policy

According to the termination order of the sacked teacher, the school education department received a complaint that he hid information about his third child during the recruitment process.

A school in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district sacked a teacher for hiding information about his third child while securing the job, PTI reported. Officials said by having a third child, the teacher violated the state government's two-child policy.

The joint director of public instructions issued the termination order on August 2. The school education department received a complaint that Ganesh Prasad Sharma, who was appointed as a teacher in the CM Rise School, Amayan, in March this year, concealed information about his third child, PTI reported.

The school's principal, Tikam Singh, who shared the termination letter, said that as per the state government's General Administration Department (GAD) order, a third child should not be born to a government employee after January 26, 2001.

"Sharma's service has been terminated by the school education department for hiding the information about his third child," the principal told PTI.

An investigation into the matter was launched by the District Education Officer (DEO) during which it was found that the complaint against Sharma was true and was based on valid grounds.

The investigation revealed that the said teacher furnished wrong information with the government and did not reveal about his third child. According to PTI, the order also instructed the DEO to lodge a police complaint against the teacher.

Earlier in 2022, a show-cause notice was issued to 954 employees of the school education department in MP's Vidisha district for violating the same norm, reported the Hindustan Times. 

Hindustan Times quoted District Education Officer Atul Mudgal as saying, “According to a circular of the General Administration Department issued in 2000, if any employee has a third child born after January 26, 2001, then that employee will not be eligible to continue in the government job. Every appointment letter post-January 26, 2001, specified the rule."

In 2016, three Madhya Pradesh government employees posted at Damoh district court were sacked after they were found violating the two-child norm.

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