Govt hires 6,000 guest teachers for schools, more to follow soon

In a bid to overcome the problem of shortage of teachers in the government schools in the national capital, Delhi government has hired more than 6,000 guest teachers and 10,000 more are expected to join soon, a senior official said.

‘Several initiatives are being taken to fill the gap of shortage of government teachers in capital as the focus is to provide quality education in government schools. The Directorate of Education has inducted more than six thousand guest teachers recently and ten thousand are going to join shortly,’ said Padmini Singla, director of education in Delhi. ‘The Directorate of Education (DoE) is in regular touch with Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board and it is likely to fill up the rest of the vacancies in current academic year only,’ Singla said in a statement.

To motivate the government teachers, who are often criticised for their lackadaisical approach, the DoE has started to communicate directly with the principals and teachers of the schools by writing letters addressed to them and encouraging them to reply back to her.

Also, the DoE is going to organise open house discussion at the Thyagraj Stadium this month where selected principals will share their successful best practises with all the 1007 heads of government schools in order to explore the possibilities of replicating them.

About the quality of education being imparted to students in government schools, Singla said ‘government teachers are best among the lot. They have been giving best in class results year after year.