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Disinformation

Government claim of 80,000 ghost teachers found due to Aadhaar disproved by RTI

This January, HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar had made a claim that 80,000 ghost lecturers had been found due to linking of Aadhaar. “So far only 85% teachers have given their Aadhaar numbers and we have found 80,000 cases in which lecturers were listed as employed with more than one institutes,” Read more…

By Vidyut, 7 months ago

Aadhaar Exclusions

Did Aadhaar help remove 80,000 ghost teachers? Or were real teachers excluded?

The ministry of HRD recently made a claim that 80,000 “ghost teachers” were identified because of Aadhaar. HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar had made this stunning claim: “There are certain ‘ghost’ teachers who use proxy methods and are apparently teaching at multiple places as full-time employees. After the introduction of Aadhaar, Read more…

By Vidyut, 11 months ago