Govt to appoint 20,000 primary teachers.

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Govt to appoint 20,000 primary teachers.

    To overcome the challenges of teachers' vacancy in schools,the state government has decided to appoint 20,000 primary teachers and upgrade 115 high schools to higher secondary schools, according to an official announcement.

      "To continue our efforts in revolutionizing school and mass education, another 20,000 junior teachers,7,540 secondary teachers and 6,025 LTR (leave and training reserve) for secondary schools will be recruited to fill up the vacant posts," said a tweet by the school and mass education department.

     School and mass education minister,Samir Rajan Dash confirmed this saying,"I am thankful to the chief minister for taking steps for recruitment of teachers.The state government is not only giving emphasis on infrastructure development of schools through 5T transformation but also giving equal

Stress on quality of education by recruiting new teachers.

     In a reply in the assy,Dash said there are 1,59,349 sanctioned posts of teachers in primary and secondary schools of which 1,35,656 teachers are currently working.

     Sources said the process to fill up the posts of 7,540 secondary teachers is being undertaken by the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC). Besides, the process to fill up 6,025 LTR teachers is also underway.The state government has also approved the relaxation of residency period to facilitate promotion of 54,000 senior teachers and headmasters.

    The government has also initiated the process for the appointment of 1,799 junior assistants in secondary schools, district and block education offices.The OPSC has started the process to recruit 335 teaching staff in higher secondary schools.

    As many as 1,543 post graduate teachers(PGTs) will also be recruited.