GUWAHATI: Around 28,000 teachers will soon be appointed on contractual basis and 12,800 teachers on a permanent basis, Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmah on Thursday said.
At present there are 90,000 posts of teachers lying vacant in the state and initially 40,800 teachers would be appointed by May this year, Sarmah told reporters. He pointed out that the Supreme Court’s verdict vacating the ban imposed by Gauhati High Court on teachers recruitment in the state on Wednesday has facilitated this. The process of appointment of contractual teachers will begin from February 15. (PTI)