S.A.S. NAGAR: The Education Minister, Punjab, Aruna Chaudhary has given strict directions to the departmental officers to focus on ensuring speedy working mechanism in the department, transparent services and result oriented approach leading to the maximization of the performance level.

S.A.S. NAGAR: The Education Minister, Punjab, Aruna Chaudhary has given strict directions to the departmental officers to focus on ensuring speedy working mechanism in the department, transparent services and result oriented approach leading to the maximization of the performance level.     In a meeting held here today at the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) complex with all the officers stationed at headquarters as well as all the Circle Education Officers (CEOs) and District Education Officers (DEOs) (Elementary and  Secondary), the minister made it crystal clear that as the Education Department is directly connected to the children . the future of the nation, so the departmental officials would have to understand their responsibility and be accountable because lackluster and dilly-dillaying approach with regard to work would not be tolerated at any cost.     Disclosing more, the minister said that the Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh has accorded top priority to the Education Department and has assured assistance to the department to improve upon the un-satisfactory results.  The minister further said that the officers stationed at the headquarters and DEOs are the axis around which the whole department revolves which makes it all the more important for them to take up the challenge to produce better results and take novel initiatives to provide quality education in the schools.   She also said that it is imperative for the field officers to give feedback for further improvement in the functioning of the department. The minister emphasized the compliance of the directions issued from the headquarters in letter and spirit and said no laxity in this matter would be tolerated.   Additional Chief Secretary (School Education), Dr. G. Vajralingam said that any work concerning a teacher, employee or retired employee, must be completed at the level of the DEO concerned so as to spare the employee the ordeal of travelling to the headquarter. Taking serious note of the court cases, he said that in case of negligence by any officer resulting in the contempt of court, strict action would be taken against the erring officer.