Chandigarh: The Education Minister, Punjab, Aruna Chaudhary has directed the officials of the department who are deployed on school checking duties to accord full respect to the teachers during checking of schools and desist from causing panic during such visits.

Chandigarh: The Education Minister, Punjab, Aruna Chaudhary has directed the officials of the department who are deployed on school checking duties to accord full respect to the teachers during checking of schools and desist from causing panic during such visits.

The minister also said that no question should be asked from any of the teachers in front of the teachers during the course of such visits. As per the directions of the Education Minister, the Secretary of the department Krishan Kumar has issued written orders regarding the full compliance with these directions.

In a statement here today, Chaudhary said that it was brought to her notice that during school checking visits, the teams misbehave with the teachers and an atmosphere of fear is created. The minister also said that owing to such tense atmosphere, panic usually grips teachers who are not able to fathom answers to the queries put to them despite having experience and full command over the subject. She insisted that checking teams treat the teachers with dignity.

The minister further said that the checking teams should desist from asking questions from the teachers in front of the students so as to maintain their (teachers’) honour.