In the past 10 years crores of taka have been swindled through illegal appointments, receiving extra money than salaries and using fake certificates from different educational institutions across the country, shows a government report.
Under these irregularities at least Tk 368.93 crore had been swindled between the fiscal year 2012-2013 and 2021-2022, according a report of the Directorate of Inspection and Audit.
The directorate, which is mandated to inspect and audit the overall issues of the educational institutions under the education ministry, already, sent the report to the ministry for taking back the money taken by the teachers using fraudulence, said DIA joint director Bipul Chandra Sarker.
The education ministry is now evaluating the report which will take action against the people involved in the fraudulence, he added.
In the past 10 years the directorate inspected 11,360 schools, madrassahs and technical educational institutions.
According to the report, through illegal appointments, receiving extra money than salaries and other ways Tk 15.62 crore had been swindled in the fiscal year 2012-13, Tk 21.52 crore in the fiscal year 2013-14, Tk 22.77 crore in the fiscal year 2014-15, Tk 31.79 crore in the fiscal year 2015-16, Tk 9.7 crore in the fiscal year 2016-17, Tk 23.45 crore in the fiscal year 2017-18, Tk 25.73 crore in the fiscal year 2018-19, Tk 35.27 crore in the fiscal year 2019-20, Tk 41.92 crore in the fiscal year 2020-21 and Tk 26.77 crore in the fiscal year 2021-22 (till May 2022).
In the cases of swindling money using fake certificates the amount of realisable money is Tk 3.47 crore in the fiscal year 2016-17, Tk 9 crore in the fiscal year 2017-18, Tk 5.55 crore in the fiscal year 2018-19, Tk 4.33 crore in the fiscal year 2019-20, Tk 8.95 crore in the fiscal year 2020-21 and Tk 6.36 crore in the fiscal year 2021-22 (till May 2022).
In cases of identification, in the fiscal year 2012-13, two fake education certificates, two fake computer certificates and three other fake certificates were identified.
A total of 63 fake education certificates, 43 fake computer certificates and 17 other fake certificates were identified in thye fiscal year 2013-14.
In the fiscal year 2014-15, 64 fake education certificates, 45 fake computer certificates and 10 other fake certificates were identified.
Total 107 fake education certificates, 26 fake computer certificates and eight other fake certificates were identified in the fiscal year 2015-16.
In the fiscal year 2016-17 102 fake education certificates, eight fake computer certificates and two other fake certificates were identified.
The highest 162 fake education certificates were identified in the fiscal year 2017-18 while in the same fiscal year 37 fake computer certificates and four other fake certificates were identified.
In the fiscal year 2018-19, 93 fake education certificates, 21 fake computer certificates and four other fake certificates were identified.
Next, in fiscal year 2019-20, a total of 63 fake education certificates, 12 fake computer certificates and two other fake certificates were identified.
In the fiscal year 2020-21, 97 fake education certificates, 37 fake computer certificates and seven other fake certificates were identified.
And finally in the fiscal year 2021-22 (till May 2022) a total of 46 fake education certificates, 18 fake computer certificates and three other fake certificates were identified.
