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RMSA implementation: School Education Department itself not honest in administrative set up
Amitabha Sengupta
RMSA implementation: School Education Department itself not honest in administrative set up
PHOTO : Scamster Arnab Chakraborty

AGARTALA, Oct 1 (TIWN): From the very beginning of the implementation of RMSA in the state, School Education Department(SED) and its minister Tapan Chakraborty did not follow the guidelines as per RMSA Act. As per RMSA guidelines there must be a Finance Controller (FC) and he will be assisted in his work by an Audit & Accounts Officer(AAO). The FC and AAO will deal with all financial matters. All over India same structure is maintained. And there should not be an Drawing & Disbusrment Officer(DDO).But in Tripura the RMSA guidelines have been violated from the very beginning of its implementation(in 2007). And such aviation was done by none other than the Melarmath, the 'real power centre ' of the state govt. Several times proposals were sent from the School Education Department to the Minister Tapan Chakraborty.

But a top level official of state govt told TIWN over phone," Tapan Chakraborty was not at all interested in appointing any Finance Controller or Audit and Accounts Officer. Rather, he did not give any response to the department's proposal."

The official also told TIWN that in a national level meeting of RMSA recently held in Delhi, representatives of Tripura School Education Department were asked as to why DDO is dealing with all financial matters instead of FC & AAO. The representatives could not give any satisfactory reply in that meeting. As such the representatives were instructed to appoint FC & AAO immediately. Returning to Tripura, the officials of SED sent another proposal to Minister Tapan Chakraborty regarding the appointment of FC & AAO. But this time Tapan Chakraborty sent a message to Director of School Education Department giving a special note mentioning the word ,' SPEAK'. The question is what does this very word ,'SPEAK' mean? Has the Minister asked Director P K Chakraborty to speak to him about it? Or is there any suspense for not appointing FC & AAO?. Well, the reply can only be given by either Director or the minister.   

Meanwhile under pressure from HRD Ministry, school education department appointed a Finance Controller namely Siladitya Bhowmik. Saditya Bhowmik has been very efficiently doing his duty as FC in the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan(SSA). The idea was to use Siladitya' experience as FC in SSA in RMSA as well. Accordingly, Siladitya was asked to take charge as FC in RMSA with a very minimum monthly salary of Rs 8000/-(fixed). But all of a sudden, Minister Tapan Chakraborty did not like this appointment. According to a top level leader of Melarmath," Tapan Chakraborty sent a message to the Director P K Chakraborty to ask Siladitya not to continue as FC in RMSA. The message was carried by the UDC in the SED namely Chandan Chakraborty." The leader also said that apart from being an influential member of CPI(M)'s employees org H B Road, Chandan is a very close a loyal staff of Tapan Chakraborty. And receiving the message from Chandan Chakraborty, Director P K Chakraborty asked Siladitya Bhowmik over phone ," You don't need to continue as FC in RMSA and don't need to come to this office from now,"  adds the Melarmath leader. However, Tapan Chakraborty did appoint Debasish Dam as Accounts officer but the post of FC & AAO are still lying vacant.    

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