Munger/Patna: In a development that has stunned absolutely no one familiar with the bureaucratic creativity of Bihar, a headmaster in Munger has been suspended for what officials describe as an “extremely serious” offence: distributing eggs to schoolchildren, instructing them to pose cheerfully for photographs, and then reclaiming the eggs as if they were on loan.
The incident unfolded at Faridpur Primary School in Jamalpur Nagar Parishad, where headmaster Sujit Kumar reportedly pioneered what some have called the “Borrowed Egg Model”—a midday meal strategy that provides nutrition only to the camera lens.
DEO Kunal Gaurav, unwilling to let such innovation go unpunished, suspended Kumar with immediate effect. “Negligence will not be tolerated in the temple of education,” Gaurav declared, perhaps overlooking the irony that temples are rarely known for serving eggs in the first place.
According to the District Programme Officer’s investigation, the allegations were not only true but executed with startling precision. Children were handed eggs, photographed as evidence of a well-run meal programme, and then relieved of their temporary protein boost moments later. The report held the headmaster “directly responsible,” which in bureaucratic terms means he did not have enough people beneath him to blame.
During suspension, Kumar’s new headquarters has been designated as Tetia Bambar—a location officials may have chosen specifically for its remoteness, symbolism, or difficulty to locate on any map.
In a stern statement, the DEO said, “Such incidents tarnish the image of the department,” implying that the image had previously been spotless. He added that responsibility must be fulfilled with “honesty and discipline,” values believed to be stored in limited quantities across most administrative offices.
Meanwhile, locals remain divided. Some are outraged, while others argue that the headmaster simply demonstrated a cost-effective, reversible model of midday meal distribution that future policymakers might—quietly—take notes on.
For now, Egggate has joined the long list of education-sector absurdities, and the children of Munger continue to wait for eggs they can actually eat, not merely pose with.
