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Kathmandu,Friday January 14, 2000 Paush 30th, 2056.
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CTEVT
flayed for laying off staff
-By a Post
Reporter
KATHMANDU, Jan 13
- The Prajatantrik Sangharsha Samiti (PSS) has flayed the Council for Technical Education
and Vocational Training (CTEVT) for dismissing 31 of its temporary employees without prior
notice on Jan 4.
At a press meet
today, PSS said CTEVT vice-chairman Saroj Devkota, member secretary Jivan Raj Adhikari and
Pramod Dhakal, Personal Assistant (PA) to Minister for Education, had made the “unfair”
decision as a cover-up to their financial and other irregularities.
“Devkota
accepts bribes to recognize technical institutions under CTEVT and forces employees to
pass students from institutions he is affiliated to. CTEVT has become like Bihar
University,” said PSS president Anil Kumar Manandhar indicating that the organization
has become chaotic.
He said,”We
were fired even without consulting any of the department directors by the higher officials
who feared disclosure of their misdeeds. This is a pre-emptive bid to disband PSS, the
employees' organization.”
He alleged
Devkota of accepting hefty commissions while purchasing goods for the Council and accused
him of his involvement in nepotism while recruiting employees.
“ Dhakal’s
wife is receiving salary as an employee like us in Dhankuta. However, she never turns up
for work,” complained PSS member secretary Suresh Chand. “How can she get paid
by just sitting at home without working?,”he enquires.
The committee has
given a seven-day ultimatum and warned they would move on to the second phase of their
protest programme if their plea is not heard.
More than 900 people are presently employed
all over the country by CTEVT which trains students on health, agriculture, computer and
construction through its various institutions. The Minister for Education is the Chairman
of the Council.
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