bahraich teachers are bearing the brunt of corrupt practices rampant in the basic education department time and again the teachers are asked to pay from their pocket an amount in the name of construction of building uniform or some other in november 2012 quotes and sayings were painted on the walls of school buildings three months later block education officers and nyay panchayat resource center coordinators nprcs were asked to collect rs 400 from the headmasters of schools in their respective blocks and nyay panchayats for the same no bill was produced for the work done and teachers felt the painting work done was not worth more than rs 100 on being contacted by toi basic education officer hafizurrhaman said he was unaware of it but said he would investigate the matter if the money had been realised illegally from teachers and stern action would be taken against the guilty persons a few month back education department was in news for supply of poor quality uniforms in primary and junior high school by the designated uniform vendors despite the fact that there were guidelines that purchase of uniform would not be centralised and a 15member school management committee was constituted in each school and given the power to purchase and distribute uniforms to students as per guidelines ignoring the guidelines officials of the department asked teachers to purchase uniform from the vendor selected by them and threatened those who purchased uniform from elsewhere with transfer or suspensions dm kinjal singh withheld all accounts and constituted several teams for spot verification of uniforms but after two months of the inquiry the accounts were released and no action was taken tnn