Delhi govt to create 9,623 additional teaching posts in its schools

The proposal, which has been cleared by the Delhi Cabinet, also includes hiring of 25 principals and 365 vice-principals. As per announcement, there are vacancies of 4,940 as PGT, 2,933 TGT, 860 for Physical Education Teachers as well 256 drawing teachers.

A government of India enterprise, under the Union Human Resources Development Ministry, the Educational Consultant India Limited (EdCIL), will be asked to conduct an online test to expedite the recruitment process and conduct it in a transparent manner with complete professionalism.

“The online recruitment test will be held in the institutions having sufficient number of functional computer system and necessary supporting infrastructure and the responsibility for identification of appropriate and requisite number of test centres solely rests with EdCIL,” said a senior officer.

The entire recruitment process will be done on behalf of Directorate of Education and EdCIL will provide back-end support as service provider. It has been decided to recommend age relaxation and an additional weightage by way of marks for experience as a one-time measures to the candidates, who served as guest or contractual teachers in different categories under the Directorate of Education, provided they fulfil the terms and conditions as laid down in the Supreme Court of India judgment in the case of state of Karnataka and others V/s Umadevi.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had suggested that candidates who worked as guest teachers and contractual teachers of Sava Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the previous years may be given age relaxation and weightage marks as a one-time measure by linking to the years of service rendered by them with appropriate conditions.

In fact, to overcome the problems of shortage of teachers in the government schools in the national Capital, the Delhi government had hired more than 6,000 guest teachers. Now, several initiatives are being taken to fill the gap of shortage of government teachers in the Capital as the focus is to provide quality education in government schools, said an official.

Delhi’s education minister Manish Sisodia posted a series of tweets on Saturday while making this announcement.