Port Blair, mar 02: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has approved the creation of 150 new teaching posts in different categories in the Education Department of A&N Administration. This is the result of the vigorous efforts by the Lt. Governor and the A&N Administration.
In this regard, Lt. Governor had personally met the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Pallam Raju and the Finance Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram in Delhi. Follow-up meetings had also been done by senior officers of the Administration with the Ministry. This will now help the Education Department to meet the shortage of teachers in various schools as well as in the implementation of Right to Education Act.
This proposal had been pending in the Govt. of India for last four years. The A&N Administration had earlier submitted a proposal for creation of 193 posts, and the Ministry after examining the proposal in terms of its norms, has now sanctioned 150 new teaching posts.
The Lt. Governor has directed the Education Department to work out detailed allocation of these posts as per prescribed norms. Thereafter, the process of filling-up of these posts shall be initiated. This has opened up significant employment opportunities for our youth in the immediate future.
