Disciplinary action has today been sought against a Bicholim High secondary school teacher Mrs. Sulakshana Pramod Sawant for being the General Secretary of the Goa BJP Mahila Morcha in violation of the law.
In a complaint addressed to the Director of Education today, immediate action has been demanded against Sulakshana Sawant, wife of Pale MLA Dr. Pramod Sawant who though a teacher of Chemistry at the Shri Shantadurga High Secondary school in Bicholim is actively involved with a political party. The Bombay High Court has ruled that academic institutions are required to be kept way from politics and that any person in employment of an educational institution was required not to have any political association or connection while in service. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justice P.B.Majumdar and Justice P.B.Varale while dismissing a petition filed by a teacher Mr. Shrikant Pande also the head of the BJP unit at Umred in Nagpur, had ruled that a teacher’s role is to impart education to students in an impartial manner and that if a teacher is actively associated with any political party it may hamper the educational atmosphere of a school. While ruling that education should be kept away from politics, the High Court has held that the educational field should not be allowed to be polluted in any manner by bringing in politics. Mrs. Sulakshana Pramod Sawant is reportedly always coming late to school and had even without authorized leave accompanied her MLA husband on a ten day trip overseas. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372