The grant has stopped, the debt has been cleared, Master…! Disruption of school development activities; School head is upset due to finance department not releasing funds

Patiala: Teachers of government schools of the state are currently struggling to increase the enrollment in schools, while in the past, teachers are facing problems due to the closure of grant funds for new rooms, bathrooms and other miscellaneous expenses in government schools. Are going through a period of trouble. The situation is that many teachers have spent huge amounts of money from their own pockets for these development works, while on the other hand, there is no hope of getting the money spent as the portal of financial resources has been closed for the last several days. Day. Payment of one lakh to two lakh rupees to teachers of many schools is pending.

It is noteworthy that the state government had released a grant of Rs 1 lakh 13 thousand per bathroom and Rs 6 lakh 26 thousand for the construction of rooms and other miscellaneous expenses, most of which have been completed and have not been paid. There is still a lot left to do.

Giving information about this, District President of Government Teachers Association Punjab Unit Patiala Jaswinder Singh Samana and General Secretary Paramjeet Singh Patiala said that the department has given construction of new rooms, bathrooms, cleaning, repair and other works to the schools under various schemes. Are. A grant of lakhs of rupees was released in the PFMS account of schools. This grant was being spent by the teachers, but suddenly the government stopped all the payments in the PFMS account, due to which all the construction works in the schools had been completed, but their payment was not done yet, but all this was done through the PFMS portal. Payment could not be made due to closure. He said that the teachers have paid a lot of money from their own pockets for the hard work of the masons and there are still a lot of liabilities remaining. He said that shopkeepers and contractors are demanding money from school teachers, but teachers are facing problems due to closure of their accounts by the government. He said that this is the first time that the portal has remained closed for such a long time. He demanded the government to open these accounts as soon as possible.

Matter brought to the attention of Finance Department: Deputy DEO

Talking about this, Deputy District Education Officer (SEC) Dr. Ravinderpal Sharma said that this matter has come to his notice, regarding which the Finance Department has been informed. He said that it is expected that the portal will open soon and all the work will be done smoothly. Deputy DEO said that the accounts of all the schools are directly with the Finance Department.