LUCKNOW: The APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has relieved two teachers from all examination-related duties for three years after they were accused of harassing girl students during the ongoing online semester examinations.
The university has issued a show cause notice to the teachers, one from a pharmacy institute in Azamgarh and the other from an engineering college in Meerut.
The action came late Thursday evening after a student from Meerut shared the screenshots of a message (sent by the accused teacher) on social media and pleaded for action.
Responding to the complaint, secretary, technical education, Alok Kumar assured of suspension.
Hours later, AKTU tweeted: “A case of harassment of a student by a teacher on proctorial duty has come to light during exams. The examination department has taken note and relieved the accused teacher from all examination-related duties. The college concerned has been asked to initiate the process of suspension and present the disciplinary action report within 24 hours.”
AKTU’s examination controller Anurag Tripathi issued the show cause notice to the teachers – Azimuddin from Rahul Sankrityayan College of Pharmacy, Azamgarh, and Sandeep Kumar from Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut – seeking an explanation from them, while relieving them from examination duty for three years.
While the complaint against Sandeep Kumar was lodged on social media, in case of Azimuddin, the complainant said that he sent irrelevant messages to distract and disturb her which was unacceptable. “It also consumed precious minutes of the time allotted to me. Such messages from the proctor put me at risk during the examination,” the complainant said.
