CAG detects larceny in top Delhi schools

Updated on: Wednesday, December 08, 2010

A report by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) regarding private schools in Delhi has revealed that they had been using the Sixth Pay Commission as an alibi to make more money.

Several private schools in the capital had complained earlier that they had been suffering losses due to the burden of paying higher salaries to teachers after the Sixth Pay Commission.

The auditor has alleged that around 25 'elite' schools in Delhi were making the parents suffer the burden of the additional costs of hiking the salaries of teachers without bothering to utilize the cash reserve that they had accumulated by not implementing the staff salaries as prescribed by the government.

The schools that have been mentioned in the report allegedly transferred all money collected from parents to trusts and societies instead of utilizing it for salaries of school employees and other expenditure.

The CAG report has also revealed that several schools mentioned paying salaries to non-existent employees and also collected money from parents under various threads.

According to the CAG report that had been finalized last month, several schools had contributed to the provident fund of fewer employees whereas others such as Amity International had made contributions for more employees than were working at the school. It had paid the Sixth Pay Commission to staff that were not even enrolled at the school as employees.

The accounts of 25 such school had been audited by the CAG.

The CAG report also mentions that several top private schools in the capital did not offer the necessary 20 percent reservation for economically weaker sections of he society, which is a clear violation of the Delhi School Education Act.

The Directorate of Education of New Delhi has been severely criticized by the CAG for being unable to monitor the lapses in the records presented by the schools. It also pointed out nine cases of illegal transfer of money.

CAG detects larceny in top Delhi schools

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