Over 20,000 teachers of the state-run schools, majority of those who had completed their five year term at one place, were transferred today by the Haryana government as part of its new online transfer policy.
The transfers were made by Additional Chief Secretary of School Education Department, K K Khandelwal, with the click of a button at Shiksha Sadan in Panchkula, near here, an official release said.
The teachers who were transferred on the "Teachers' Day" today include 17,013 of those who had completed five years tenure at one place.
The other teachers who were transferred include 8,903 Classical and Vernacular (C&V) teachers, 7543 Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) and 567 Principals.
Under the online transfer policy, a teacher is invited to mark their choice for school and place of posting through the Education Department's Management Information System portal.
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