GOVERNMENT URGED NOT TO BESTOW NATIONAL AWARD TO FRAUDULENT TEACHER The Government of Goa has been urged to withdraw the recommendation made of Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar, present Principal of Smt. Chandrabaga Tukobha Naik Higher Secondary School, Curchorem, for the National award for teachers.
The award is scheduled to be conferred on Mr. Pednekar on 5th Sept by the President of India Mr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam at New Delhi. It may be recalled that the Goa Public Service Commission had also recommended the name of Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar for the Post of Director of Education but the Government has kept the matter in abeyance after a Public Interest Litigation was filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues before the Panaji Bench of the High Court challenging the recommendation on the grounds that Mr. Dnyneshwar Pundalik Pednekar had committed gross fraudulent or criminal acts by changing his and his daughter�s birth records. In a letter sent to the Chief Minister today Adv. Aires Rodrigues has stated that teachers who are nominated for the highest awards should be persons whose integrity is not in doubt and who do not commit any unscrupulous, fraudulent or criminal acts, otherwise the confidence of the public in the education system in Goa will itself be eroded. Adv., Rodrigues has stated that Teachers receiving the highest awards for excellence in education should not be persons who are tainted or lack integrity as otherwise the education system itself will be tainted and this will effect the students and the teaching faculty and the people in general. Adv. Rodrigues has further stated that the conduct of the said Dnyneshwar Pednekar in not only changing and causing his own date of birth to be changed but more importantly, also changing the date of birth of his daughter by fraudulent and unscrupulous acts (and making false declarations) to derive advantage thereby, shows that he is a person whose integrity is not only doubtful but who also is capable of changing or falsifying records to suit his purpose and to derive advantages therefrom. Adv. Rodrigues has also stated that such a person whose integrity is doubtful cannot be considered for the award as Best teacher of the Year as a person receiving a national award for teachers has to set an example for the education community and if he himself is tainted or lacks integrity, he cannot be a person who can be considered remotely fit for receiving such an award and that by giving an award to such a person will result in a complete erosion of public faith in the system of education itself. Adv. Rodrigues has stated that Dnyneshwar Pednekar enjoys an immense political clout with the present BJP Government in Goa so much so that he has even been appointed as Government Nominee on the Executive Council of the Goa University and that the Government is turning a Nelson�s eye to the misdeeds of the said Dnyneshwar and is rewarding a person who only merits criminal prosecution for his fraudulent and criminal acts. A copy of the letter has been also sent to the President and Prime Minister of India as well as to the Governor of Goa. --- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
