UP govt to recruit 4,000 more assistant teachers

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to fill the remaining 4,000 vacant posts of assistant teachers in primary schools.
Giving another chance to candidates who secured a place in the merit list for the recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers announced last year, the basic education department will recruit another teachers on 4,000 posts that remained vacant for some reason.
Basic education minister Satish Chandra Dwivedi while addressing reporters on Tuesday said, “Under CM’s mission rozgar, close to 4 lakh jobs have been given in past four years. Of this, 1.25 lakh appointments are from basic education.”
Dwivedi said that in the past, any vacant posts were moved to fresh advertisements. But the CM said that since candidates whose names appear on the merit list have passed the written test and are qualified to become teachers, they should be given a chance before new advertisement is issued.
The government also decided to convert 1,133 posts (out of 69,000) reserved for ST into SC due to non-availability of ST candidates.
The department filled the 69,000 vacant posts in two phases. A merit list based on candidates’ educational qualification and their performance in the assistant teacher recruitment test was generated. Of the1.46 lakh who qualified the test, 1.36 lakh have applied online for appointment.