No move to shift Education Directorate from Shimla: Minister

Education Minister Rohit Thakur today refuted “baseless and misleading” reports suggesting that the Directorate of School Education and other important directorates were being shifted from Shimla to Dharamsala.

The minister, in a statement issued here, stated that these claims were entirely unfounded and not based on any official policy or decision of the state government. He added that Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had issued unequivocal and firm directions during a recent meeting of the Education Department that the Directorate of School Education, along with any other directorates, would not be shifted from Shimla under any circumstances.

Rohit said that there was no proposal to relocate the Directorate of School Education. “Shimla will continue to serve as the administrative nucleus of the state and the government is fully committed to safeguarding its status as the centre of all major departmental and governance-related activities,” he added.

Himachal Tribune