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JK govt approves scheme to recruit teachers in backward areas

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir government today approved a special dispensation for recruitment of teachers on the Rehbar-e-Taleem pattern in socially and educationally backward areas and near the Line of Actual Control in the state.

The approval for recruitment was accorded at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

"The Cabinet approved special dispensation for recruitment of teachers on the Rehbar-e-Taleem pattern in socially and educationally backward areas and near the Line of Actual Control, as identified under the J&K Reservation Rules," an official spokesman said after the meeting.

The spokesman said the Cabinet extended the validity for filling up regular vacancies of teachers retrospectively with effect from August 4 last year till date and for the period of two years with effect from today.
 

Earlier, on the basis of a Cabinet decision,the government in order to make up for deficiency of staff in elementary level schools in far-flung and inaccessible areas, had ordered on August 8, 2010, to fill up regular vacancies of teachers in far-flung areas on the pattern of ReT for two years, the spokesman said.

The validity of that government order had expired on August 4 last year, he added.

Rehbar-e-Taleem was a scheme introduced in 1998 for recruitment of teachers in primary schools across the state.

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First Published: May 08 2013 | 4:35 PM IST

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