Education staff can't work as journalist, warns DGSE
No one can write articles for newspapers and work as a journalist.:DGSE
Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, August 7
The Director General of School Education (DGSE) has instructed the employees of the Education Department with reference to the Government Employees Rules that no one can write articles for newspapers and work as a journalist.
In a circular issued recently, he warned the teachers that if someone violates the rules, strict action would be taken against him/her under the Punjab Civil Services (punishment and appeal) Rules - 1970.
The DGSE issued this letter with the prior sanction of the Punjab Government.
It was mentioned by the DGSE that according to the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules - 1966, no government employee would, expect with the previous sanction of the government or of the prescribed authority, publish a book himself or through a publisher or contribute an article to a book.
According to the rules, government employees could not participate in a radio broadcast or contribute any article to a newspaper/periodical, either in his own name or anonymously or in the name of any other person.
The condition when no such sanction is required is if such publication, contribution or broadcast is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character.
"It is clear in the Government Employees Rules that no one can work as a journalist while serving in the government department. So, teachers should not violate the rules," said the DGSE.
Reacting on the instructions, Harjit Singh Balari, a government teacher and a columnist, said: "It is a contradictory decision of the government. While selecting teachers for the state award, the government considers the articles published in newspapers as a merit. Even school principals give 2 marks in the ACR according to the articles published in newspapers. Working with a newspaper as a journalist during the government service is a different thing".
No one can write articles for newspapers and work as a journalist.:DGSE
Charanjit Singh Teja
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, August 7
The Director General of School Education (DGSE) has instructed the employees of the Education Department with reference to the Government Employees Rules that no one can write articles for newspapers and work as a journalist.
In a circular issued recently, he warned the teachers that if someone violates the rules, strict action would be taken against him/her under the Punjab Civil Services (punishment and appeal) Rules - 1970.
The DGSE issued this letter with the prior sanction of the Punjab Government.
It was mentioned by the DGSE that according to the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules - 1966, no government employee would, expect with the previous sanction of the government or of the prescribed authority, publish a book himself or through a publisher or contribute an article to a book.
According to the rules, government employees could not participate in a radio broadcast or contribute any article to a newspaper/periodical, either in his own name or anonymously or in the name of any other person.
The condition when no such sanction is required is if such publication, contribution or broadcast is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character.
"It is clear in the Government Employees Rules that no one can work as a journalist while serving in the government department. So, teachers should not violate the rules," said the DGSE.
Reacting on the instructions, Harjit Singh Balari, a government teacher and a columnist, said: "It is a contradictory decision of the government. While selecting teachers for the state award, the government considers the articles published in newspapers as a merit. Even school principals give 2 marks in the ACR according to the articles published in newspapers. Working with a newspaper as a journalist during the government service is a different thing".
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