As many as 16 Cluster Resource Centre Coordinators (CRCCs) in the district were suspended by their higher authorities for not carrying out administrative orders. The CRCCs were posted in 16 clusters of three blocks under Jajpur-I and Jajpur-II education districts.
Normally CRCC is posted at a particular cluster of a block under an education district for a period of five years. After end of the term, he is shifted and a new CRCC takes charge.
As per the procedure, total 102 CRCCs were appointed for 102 clusters of 10 blocks in both the education districts. They were directed to join in their respective clusters on or before April 30.
Likewise, the outgoing CRCCs were directed to give charges to the newly appointed ones and return to their respective schools. But flouting the order, 16 outgoing CRCCs did not hand over the charge to the new CRCCs.
“The Collector had given those 16 CRCCs a deadline to hand over the charges to the new incumbents, but they paid no heed. After expire of the deadline, they were placed under suspension for violating administrative order,” said Narayan Chandra Dhal, District Project Coordinator (DPC).
Dhal said in Jajpur-I education district, 51 CRCCs were appointed in four blocks under his education district on April 24.
Likewise, the same number of CRCCs was appointed in Jajpur-II education district.
“The outgoing CRCCS were told to hand over the charge to the new incumbents. In spite of our warning, they did not follow the order. So I placed them under suspension as per the directive of the Collector,” said Laxmidhar Das, District Inspector (DI) of schools of Jajpur-I.
The suspended CRCCs are Pramod Kumar Tripathy, Satyabrata Nayak, Suratha Kumar Kar, Chandrabhanu Nayak, Bhimsen Kuanar, Saroj Kumar Tripathy, Rabinarayn Das and Sasadhar Das under Jajpur-I
education district and Banamali Rath, Gundicha Behera, Satyananda Das, Bijay Kumar Bhadra, Sarat Kumar Biswal, Sisir Kumar Sahu, Sudam Charan Das and NK Pati under Jajpur-II education district, official sources said.