Patiala, June 22

The appointment of Maj Gen Sanjiv Verma (retd) at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, has ignited a controversy of sorts with the Council of School Certificate Examination (CISCE) rejecting his appointment as the “school headmaster” allegedly stating that he did not have requisite qualification and teaching experience for the post.As per reports, the council had asked the school management to replace Maj Gen Verma as he did not fulfil the board rules meant for the appointment. When contacted, Maj Gen Verma rubbished the claims stating that he was never appointment as the headmaster in the first place.“Whatever confusion was there has been sorted out since I have been appointed as the school director and not the headmaster,” he said. — TNS