213 government teachers sent back to schools:Attachments as MLAs’ PAs and ministry staff cancelled before Assembly session

The Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the attachment of 213 government school teachers who had been working outside schools ahead of the Monsoon Session of the State Assembly. The Directorate of Public Instruction has directed District Education Officers in 16 districts to immediately send all these teachers back to their original postings in schools. The action follows a district-level review conducted after a question raised by BJP MLA Umakant Sharma from Sironj in the Assembly on July 30 last year. According to the Education Department’s list, several teachers had been attached for years as personal assistants (PAs) to MLAs or were working in the Collector’s Office, District Panchayat, Election Office, District Education Office, Janpad Panchayat, SDM Office and other administrative departments. Orders have now been issued to relieve all such teachers so they can rejoin duty at their original schools. 213 government teachers ordered back to schools: Breakdown of postings and district-wise figures Categories where teachers were attached Note: Apart from the categories listed above, the remaining teachers were attached to various offices in different districts. The Directorate of Public Instruction has ordered all 213 teachers to return to their original schools. 213 teachers from 16 districts left schools and were deployed in other offices In the review of the Directorate of Public Instruction, details emerged regarding the attachment of 213 teachers from 16 districts, including Ujjain, Dewas, Neemuch, Shahdol, Datia, Gwalior, Bhind, Sheopur, Guna, Rewa, Sidhi, Katni, Singrauli, Satna, Rajgarh, and Mandla. The department has clarified that all of them should be sent back to their original schools so that the teaching system in schools is not affected. Teachers were deployed from the MLA’s office to the Collector’s office Action taken after question in Assembly The issue of teachers being attached to duties outside schools was raised during the previous Assembly session through Starred Question No. 1108. Following this, the Directorate of Public Instruction sought details from all districts. Ahead of the Monsoon Session, the Directorate instructed all District Education Officers to end these attachments and send the concerned teachers back to the schools where they were originally posted. District-wise number of attached teachers (Major offices) The order states that all teachers whose attachments have been cancelled must be relieved immediately and sent back to their original schools. District Education Officers have also been directed to ensure compliance and submit an action taken report to the Directorate of Public Instruction. Where were these teachers working instead of in schools? Assistant teachers posted in the Secretariat Manish Sharma, an assistant teacher at Government Primary School, Banskhedi in Bhopal, has been attached to the State Secretariat in Bhopal since 2015. Sunil Dhanorkar, an assistant teacher at Government Middle School, Chhola in Bhopal, has been attached to the Secretariat since 2008. Priyanka Sharma, a primary teacher at Government Primary School, Parwalia in Bhopal, has been attached to the Vimukt Jati Ashram in Ibrahimpura, Berasia, since August 2023. Attached as MLAs’ personal assistants Subhag Singh Patel, an assistant teacher at Government Middle School, Umaria Pathra in Jabalpur, has been serving as the personal secretary to the Bahoriband MLA since August 2024. Anand Kumar Shrivastava, a lecturer at Kareli Higher Secondary School in Narsinghpur, has been attached to the Tendukheda MLA’s office since August 2024. Ajit Dwivedi, an assistant teacher from Jabalpur, has been attached to the Public Works Department office in Jabalpur since July 2025. Teachers working in Collector and SDM offices Dilip Singh Thakur, a primary teacher at Gohalpur Girls Higher Secondary School in Jabalpur, has been attached to the Jabalpur Collector’s Office (Land Records) since June 2025. Mahendra Kumar Jhariya, an assistant teacher at Supeli Middle School in Katni, has been attached to the Bahoriband SDM Office since March 2025. Narsinghpur teachers attached in Bhopal Rajeshwar Nath Pathak, a lecturer at Government Excellence School, Narsinghpur, has been attached to the Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation in Bhopal since June 2009. Purushottam Prasad Tiwari, a lecturer at Sandipani Government Excellence School in Narsinghpur, has been attached to the Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Institute in Bhopal since January 2022.