MP Shock: Dead Teachers Receive Notices, Salary to Be Cut for Missing E-Attendance

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Rewa, Madhya Pradesh: In an astonishing administrative blunder, the education department in Rewa district has reportedly sent notices to teachers who have passed away months or even years ago. The notices warned that if the teachers fail to mark their e-attendance within three days, their salary will be deducted.

The Incident

The issue arose after the state implemented a strict e-attendance system for government school teachers. According to officials, three deceased teachers were listed as “absent” in the digital attendance records, despite being marked as present in the government’s official records.

The teachers who received these notices include:

• Devta Din Kol, who passed away in 2023.
• Chhotelal Saket, who passed away earlier this year.
• Ramgarib Deepankar, also deceased.

The notices clearly instructed them to mark attendance on the app, failing which salary deductions would follow — a shocking oversight given their passing.

Reason Behind the Blunder

District Education Officer Ram Raj Mishra acknowledged the mistake, attributing it to data update errors on the education portal. Many old entries, uploaded by cluster principals, had not been corrected, leading to the deceased teachers being wrongly listed as active employees.

Mishra assured the media that the records will be promptly corrected and called the incident a simple “oversight” rather than a major error.

Background

The e-attendance system was introduced in Madhya Pradesh government schools to ensure transparency and accountability among teachers. While teachers initially resisted the digital system, the department has since adopted a strict approach, issuing notices to all those failing to mark their attendance digitally. However, the inclusion of deceased teachers in this campaign turned the initiative into a ridiculous spectacle, highlighting the importance of proper data management in digital governance.

This incident underscores the challenges of digitization and record accuracy in government systems, even as departments push for technological compliance.