State to recruit 14,000 primary teachers
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- Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:35
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Gujarat Global News Network, Gandhinagar
The Gujarat government plans to recruit about 14,000 teachers for its 34,000-odd schools across Gujarat during the upcoming academic session. The step is being taken by the state government to meet the norms necessary for the implementation of Right To Education (RTE) Act.
At present, there are around 2,05,000 teachers the 34,000-odd schools run by the state government, municipal corporations and district panchayats in the state. The new teachers will be recruited though Teachers Eligibility Test (TET). As per the state’s recruitment policy, 30 per cent of seats are reserved for female candidate
“The TET for lower primary will be conducted either on May 27 or on the first Sunday of June followed by another test for upper primary schools. The additional 14,000 teachers will be employed as per rules laid down by RTE and National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE),” said principal secretary (primary education) R P Gupta.
For lower primary schools where the number of students is less than 120, a teacher-student ratio of 1:30 will be followed. In schools that have 200 or more students, the ratio will be 1:40.
For upper primary schools, the desired teacher-student ratio is 1:35.
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