The State Government has regularised as many as 9,665 eligible junior teachers as elementary teachers in Grade-V (A) after completion of their six years continuous service.
School and Mass Education Department Additional Secretary Raghuram R Iyer has written a letter to the Director of Elementary Education in this regard.
“As there is no existing vacancy in Level-V(A) grade of the cadre, the Government has been pleased to allow regularisation of 9,965 Junior Teachers as Assistant Teacher, Level-V (A) in 30 districts of the State under non-plan scheme of respective Zilla Parishads by invoking the provision of Rule 62 of Odisha General Financial Rules (OGFR) to adjust the said Junior Teachers against the vacancy available for Graduate Teacher posts for drawal of regular salary as a temporary measure for six months with effect from the day following the date of completion of six years of continuous service as Sikshya Sahayak/Junior Teacher,” the letter reads.
