Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has instructed for filling up vacant posts of teachers in various government high schools of the State.
Following the Chief Minister’s instruction, the Odisha Staff Selection Commission has been asked to start the process for the recruitment of 7,540 high school teachers as soon as possible.
After filling up these vacancies, all the vacant teaching posts in all 4848 government high schools of the state will be filled up.
The selection process to fill the posts of TGT (Arts), TGT (PCM & CBZ), Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, and Physical Education will begin.
It is pertinent to mention here that in the two selection processes conducted in the year 2021-22, more than 13,000 teacher posts were filled in various government schools.
Worth mentioning that while the state government has undertaken various programmes in the state for transformation under the 5T initiatives, emphasis has been laid on the transformation of schools for providing modern education to children. From computers, internet to e-libraries, advanced play equipment, playgrounds, and other facilities are being developed. The recruitment programme has been also expedited under 5T.
Vacancies in various departments are being filled speedily with complete transparency. While 1000’s of posts in various departments have been filled in the last few years, the recruitment process will continue.