\nIn a statement, Tokheho said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the State Vigilance Commission set up on February 7,2009 and June 3,2009 to probe the scam submitted its report on February 26,2011 which categorized appointments as under:
\nBogus teachers \u2013 1156; Doubtful teachers-1096; Absent teachers-1084 & Genuine teachers-2806.
\nTokheho cited the July 19, 2011 order of the school education department after approval by the state government and Cabinet approval on July 13, 2011 for retention and regularization of teachers w.e.f. April 1,2011.Then a few days on formal retention and regularization, the cabinet decided to review and keep the order in abeyance, he said.
\nCiting the SIT report, Tokheho said from March 2002 to March 2009 the department of school education appointed 6141 teachers. The salaries of bogus teachers(1156) for one month was Rs.1,04,94,000(@Rs.9000) and Absent teachers(1096) was Rs.97,56,000 totalling Rs.24.19 crore per year. The total amount paid from March 2002 to 2009 was Rs.169.33 crore.
\nCiting a statement issued by Nipusielie Angami then director school education, who claimed on March 20,2010 that he had only made the appointments as \u201cper the approval of the government\u201d; Tokheho demanded to know as to who was the minister in charge when appointments under doubtful category were made?
\nHe said the government during July 2010 budget session, placed the then director of school education under house arrest \u201cjust to avoid criticism during the assembly session\u201d.
\nHowever, he said the house arrest was lifted after the assembly session and the then director allowed to retire and the period of suspension treated as \u201con duty\u201d. Tokheho remarked \u201csuspension of government employees in Nagaland is not a punishment but a holiday for them.\u201d
\nAfter submission of report by the SIT, the government then set up a committee under then commissioner and secretary Mhathung Kithan to look into the report and submit recommendations to the government on the course of punitive, remedial and preventive measures to the taken.
\nThe committee submitted its report and recommended suspension of Nipusilie Angami Director of education, Morohu Khuvung and P. Mhathung but except for Nipusilie the two were promoted and posted to other departments, he said.
\nTokheho said on November 16,2005 the director of school education issued a circular wherein section officers and officers in-charge were asked to hand over all relevant files pertaining to post creation, notifications, confirmation of post appointments etc from the old records and hand them to record keeper Siesalie on or before November 19,2005 \u201cto be disposed\/burnt\u201d.
\nDescribing the school education department as \u2018One of the most corrupt department\u201d with the minister in-charge taking money from the grant-in-aid, Tokheho alleged that those 1096 posts under doubtful category \u201cwere all sold by the government, which is an open secret.\u201d
\nHe also accused the DAN government of having \u201ccompletely destroyed\u201d the school education department and the future generation.<\/p>\n
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