Cabinet approves filling of 3,186 posts in schools

CHANDIGARH :The Punjab government has decided to fill 3,186 posts of various cadres of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools.

The cabinet, led by chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Tuesday approved the school education department’s proposal to this effect. The move will help plug a major gap in the school staff, thereby improving the standards of education, an official spokesperson said.

During the meeting, the chief minister underlined the need for serious relook into the school curriculum from the point of making students jobready. Pointing out that vocational courses had been introduced for senior classes in various fields, such as hospitality and mobile phone repair etc, he stressed on the importance of more thrust on vocational teaching.

In line with the proposal of the school education department, the cabinet gave nod to fill 132 posts of deputy district education officer, principal of government senior secondary schools, 311 headmasters/headmistresses, 2,182 masters/mistresses in various subjects, 32 block primary education officers, 500 elementary trained teachers, 4 law officers and 25 legal assistants.

The annual financial implication of the move, for the first three years during the probation period, would be ₹42 crore per annum approximately. However, once the probation period is over and the employees are given the full scale, the annual financial implication will be ₹197 crore per annum, said the spokesperson.

ASSEMBLY SESSION FROM TOMORROW

The cabinet authorised governor VP Singh Badnore to summon a two-day special session of

the state assembly, while giving go-ahead for placing resolution to ratify the Constitutional 126th Amendment and enactment of Goods and Services Act.

The cabinet decided to recommend to the governor to summon the 10th session of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha, as per the Article 174(1) of the Constitution of India, for two days on January 16 and 17, said an official spokesperson.

The Cabinet also decided to change the timing of the commencement of the session. The session will start on January 16 with the speech of the governor at 11am, instead of 10am, as scheduled earlier. On January 17, the session would begin at 10am. The House would adjourn sine-die after the proposed legislative business on the same day, said the spokesperson.