JK govt to engage candidates with extra emoluments as teachers in remote areas

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to engage candidates on 30 per cent extra emoluments to overcome the dearth of teaching staff in the remote areas of the state.
Addressing a gathering of students here at the annual day function of All Ladakh Students Welfare Association Jammu (ALSWAJ) today, Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari said the government has decided to engage candidates on academic arrangements to overcome the dearth of teaching staff, and in areas like Leh and Kargil, selected candidates would be given 30 per cent more emoluments than paid to the people in other areas.

However, he said government has set a target to fill all vacancies of assistant professors, lecturers and teachers in the next six months.
Bukhari today reaffirmed the resolve of the government to fill gaps in the education sector and work towards consolidation of infrastructure and teaching staff in rural districts, including Ladakh region.
The minister also announced that the government had approved a degree college for Drass to meet a long-standing demand of the locals.