5 Addl Directors against 4 posts in School Edu

Morung Express News
Dimapur | July  5


At one point in the month of May-June 2020, Nagaland’s School Education Department had 5 Additional Directors. It is not uncommon for state government Directorates having multiple posts of Additional Directors with demarcated roles and charges, but in this case, it was against four sanctioned posts in the Education Directorate. 


Planning, Elementary, Secondary and Higher Secondary are the charges assigned to the four Additional Directors. 


However, the source said that in June this year, one more Additional Director was added to the existing total of four, following a promotion at the Joint Director level, making it five. 


It was followed by two retirements at the Additional Director level, subsequent to which, two more promotions to the rank were notified by the government. “… Officiating promotion of the Secondary/Elementary cadre officers of School Education Department,” was what the order dated June 19 said.  


“There are 4 posts of Additional Directors sanctioned under School education. But against the 4 posts, there were five,” the source said, while stating that it was against the Service norms.


As on the first week of July, the number of Additional Directors had reduced to two after the superannuation of three on June 30.