Reiterating that the recruitment system in his government was transparent and merit-based, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday, distributed online appointment letters to 436 candidates selected for the posts of assistant teachers/associates and lecturers in the arts department of the secondary schools.

“In UP, the selection criterion is only based on merit and in the last three years and 10 months, the dream of government jobs of 3.75 lakh youths have been realised. All the appointments are a proof of honesty, transparency and confidentiality and not a single selection can be questioned and doubted,” the chief minister said while speaking at a virtual function here on Tuesday.

In a programme held at the official residence of the chief minister, six newly selected candidates received their appointment letters from Yogi Adityanath while the remaining youth, connected to the programme through virtual medium, received the appointment letters from the local people’s representatives.

Congratulating the newly elected candidates, the chief minister said that this success had enhanced the self-confidence of the youths and had also given a glimpse of the golden future of the state.

“The services of a teacher are not just for six or eight hours... a teacher is a teacher throughout his/her life. The foundation of the future of India will be laid by these teachers in their classrooms,” Yogi Adityanath said.

He said all teachers should be informed about all the subjects rather than their subjects and they should understand the government’s public welfare policies and benefit the people of the society as much as possible,” he added.

The chief minister interacted with the newly appointed teachers of Ayodhya, Varanasi, Chitrakoot and Maharajganj districts.

He said that after decades a new education policy had been prepared in accordance with the future needs of the country.

“The policy is to make India a centre of knowledge and for this every teacher should be connected with the new policy,” he said.

According to statistics, 114 female and 24 male candidates were selected for the posts of assistant teachers of arts in government schools. Apart from this, 298 candidates, 189 women and 109 men, have been selected as lecturers.

The chief minister said that by March 19, when the government would be completing four years of its term, the dream of government jobs of four lakh youths would have been fulfilled.

“About 1.5 crore youths have also been connected with self-employment in this period and Mission Rojgar will also continue,” he added.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma praised the efforts of the chief minister in the uplift of the standards of the education system.

“Today, all information, including new affiliations, transfers and results have gone online and the digital system has played an important role in education during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sharma said.