Haryana to recruit 10k teachers

Haryana will recruit nearly 10,000 junior basic teachers to shore up its elementary education sector.

A proposal to this effect will be sent to the state Teachers Recruitment Board shortly.
As many as 8,401 junior basic teachers had already been recruited to meet the shortage of teachers during 2011 and 544 posts of teachers in Urdu had already been advertised, state education minister

Geeta Bhukkal said here on Monday.

She said the government had earmarked over Rs 4,889 crore for elementary education during the current financial year.

Education hub

The state government was committed to develop Haryana as an education hub and several steps were being taken by the government, she said.

The minister said under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the award money of those panchayats which have ensured admission of all girls in the age group of 6-14 in schools had been increased from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

During the tenure of present government, 544 branches of primary schools had been upgraded to primary schools and 267 primary schools to middle schools.