Assam Education minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma today [25/01/2020] has made some important announcements regarding education sector of Assam in order to boost up the standard of education in the state.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Dr. Sarma has announced some major decisions including recruitment, regularization of school and college teachers.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Dr. Sarma has announced some major decisions including recruitment, regularization of school and college teachers.
Here are the key points from Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma’s announcements:
* Introduction of Science stream in colleges, setting up of 100 high schools in tea gardens and up gradation of high schools to higher secondary schools will be important measures to be taken within next 6 months.
* Introduction of Science stream in colleges, setting up of 100 high schools in tea gardens and up gradation of high schools to higher secondary schools will be important measures to be taken within next 6 months.
2/8 Approximately 15,000 posts to be filled in next 6 months, out of which 9635 regular posts will be filled before 31st March, 2020.— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 25, 2020
8000 posts will be filled at district level with announcement of result of Teacher Eligibility Test for Secondary Education in February, 2020.
* Recruitment for 9635 teachers’ posts in elementary education department has already been advertised.
* Advertisement for recruitment of other six thousand posts will be notified soon.
* A total of fifteen thousand elementary teachers will get appointment.
* Results of High School TET will be declared in February.
* Eight thousand new secondary teachers to be appointed before Rongali Bihu.
* State government will provincialise 4993 LP and ME schools. Services of 13,362 teachers will be regularized.
3/8 Govt is considering provincialization of 4993 schools with 13362 teachers at elementary level, 626 schools with 4828 teachers at secondary level & 30 new colleges with 900 teachers posts at higher education level along with 168 posts in 134 already provincialized colleges.— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 25, 2020
* An amount of 962.93 crores will be released to SMDC for construction of ACR in 10702 schools in 13564 units, partition wall in 7813 schools in 10472 units, boys toilets in 1379 schools and for electrification in 37560 schools.
* State government will also provincialise 626 High schools. It involves 4828 teachers.
* Provincialisation of 30 new colleges which involves around 9 hundred college teachers.
* Contractual teachers will get same salary, dearness allowance and medical reimbursement like regular teachers. The proposal will be included in next budget to be tabled on March 4.
* Eleven thousand state-pool teachers will also get same salary, dearness allowance and medical reimbursement like regular teachers.
4/8 Govt has decided to recruit 665 posts of faculties in college level. The Principals of colleges will have the authority to fill the vacant posts in next 6 months.— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 25, 2020
Issues of job security, pay disparity & health for contractual teachers will also be taken. #AssamAlwaysAhead
* Services of around thirty two thousand teachers working under Sarba Siksha Abhiyan will be almost regularised.
* Merger- amalgamation of schools, rationalisation of teachers to be done soon.
* For the Higher Education Dept, various new colleges, universities, higher and technical schools/ colleges, Law and B.Ed colleges will be established within 6 months.
* Govt has decided to recruit 665 posts of faculties in college level. The Principals of colleges will have the authority to fill the vacant posts in next 6 months.
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