‘Background checks essential before hiring school staff’

A body of private schools in Kashmir has decided to carry out background checks before hiring any staff including teachers and drivers. “No school shall henceforth appoint or utilise the services of any staffer — teacher, lecturer, driver, etc — without the proper verification of the antecedents of the person concerned. The employee shall be appointed only after an NOC issued by his or her previous employer,” Joint Committee of Private Schools (JCPS) said in a statement today. The JCPS also decided that the merit and qualification shall be given…

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