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The MCD’s Education Department in the Rohini zone has issued a directive to its teachers and staff putting a ban on engaging in any strikes, demonstrations or criticism on social media against it, according to an official notification.
Strict action would be taken against any staff indulging in such activities, it said.
The notice said such activities are a violation of CCS, Conduct Rules, 1964.
Calls and texts to Rishi Pal Rana, deputy director, education, Rohini Zone, MCD did not elicit any response.
Teachers and staff in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) schools in the Rohini Zone have also been asked not to participate in any boycott of work, mass casual leave or any activities organised by these associations.
This comes after an audit report of the MCD education department revealed as many as 48.74 per cent of students in MCD schools were deprived of financial benefits under various schemes from 2016-17 to 2022-2023 session as bank accounts had not been opened for disbursement of funds.