Himachal Pradesh Reviews Educational Reforms and Recruitment Drive to Strengthen School System

Education Minister Rohit Thakur of Himachal Pradesh reviewed the progress of different initiatives and educational schemes running across the state on Thursday. He presided over a review meeting with senior officers from the Education department.

Thakur reviewed the implementation of several important initiatives, which included restructuring of directorates, Mukhyamantri Bal Poshtik Aahar Yojana, digital attendance, international exposure visits for teachers, Apna Vidyalaya Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi Model Day Boarding Schools, and affiliation of schools to CBSE.

The minister said that during the past three years, the state government had taken up numerous initiatives aimed at transformative improvement in the quality of education.

"As many as 7,000 regular recruitments in different categories of teachers have been made and the process is underway for filling more than 9,000 posts, including 1,170 TGTs, 1,762 JBTs, 37 lecturers (PWD), 69 C&V, and 6,292 NTT teachers," he said.

He ordered the officials to speed up the recruitment process so that educational institutions get the required staff in time.

"The reforms undertaken by the state government are yielding positive results, leading to improvement in ranking providing quality education," he added. The minister expressed satisfaction that Himachal Pradesh had been declared a fully literate state and commended the efforts of the Education department.

He further said that induction training had been started to keep the newly recruited teachers abreast of the latest trends and techniques in teaching. He emphasized the need for regular inspections in schools in order to maintain the accountabilities and directed the Deputy Directors to visit schools more frequently to create a better learning environment.

Secretary of Education Rakesh Kanwar pointed out the need for formulating the practice of sharing resources between the different levels of schools with a view to utilizing human and physical resources optimally.