day after the Baramulla Chief Education Officer (CEO) issued a circular warning that social media posts on policy matters could lead to the withholding of pay, premature retirement, or termination of teaching and non-teaching staff, the state government has ordered an inquiry and stripped him of his responsibilities.

In an order, Education Secretary Ram Niwas Sharma attached CEO Bashir Ahmad Shah to the Directorate of Education, Kashmir, pending an inquiry.

Incidentally, in his circular, Shah had referred to a review meeting held by Sharma, where the “misuse of social media platforms” was taken up.

“The worthy Secretary of School Education, J&K, during a review meeting held on October 3, intimated that various instances of misuse of social media platforms by teaching and non-teaching st

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