MUMBAI: The state government on Thursday gave the go-ahead to fill the 6,100 vacant teachers’ posts. The recruitment had to be halted due to the economic impact of Covid-19 on the state’s finances. The process to recruit over 12,000 teachers in schools affiliated to the state board had begun in February 2019 through an online portal. Around 6,000 posts were filled. In May 2020, the state came out with a government resolution stalling all recruitments, including that of teachers. Last December, the state government excluded teachers from the recruitment ban. School education minister Varsha Gaikwad thanked CM Uddhav Thackeray and deputy CM Ajit Pawar for lifting the ban on teachers’ recruitments.