26 PTIs terminated in Rajasthan for getting a job based on ''fake degrees''

Jaipur, April 22 -- The Rajasthan State Secondary Education Department has terminated the services of 26 physical education teachers (PTIs) of various government run schools in Banswara and Dungarpur districts for getting the job on the basis of ''fake degree''.

While the orders of termination of 18 PTIs serving in different schools in Banswara district were issued on Tuesday, 8 more PTIs serving in the adjoining Dungarpur district were terminated on Wednesday, an official spokesman said.

The busting of a fake degree scam around June - July last year led to filing of FIRs, by the Special Operation Group (SoG), in cases of 61 suspected PTIs, on recommendation of the high powered 3-member committee. The Committee was constituted on order of...