MADURAI: The State Government will complete the process of appointing 7,000 school teachers for high and middle schools to fill up all existing vacancies by September-end.
Orders will be issued in due course to all candidates who were selected through employment exchange.
Speaking to The Hindu here on Friday, the Minister for School Education, Thangam Thennarasu, said that the Government would appoint these teachers on the regular pay scale.
Swift measures had been taken after identifying vacancies in districts for various subjects, he added
He said that 1,100 postgraduate teachers, who were recruited for higher secondary schools, were being given appointment orders now and they would be posted after counselling.
According to the Minister, the northern districts like Villupuram, Cuddalore and Tiruvannamalai needed more attention from the School Education Department in view of a large number of vacancies in Government schools and the resultant poor performance of students in SSLC/ Plus Two public examinations when compared to students of southern districts.
“Many districts had three-digit vacancies with each northern district having more than 100 posts vacant. Hence, we are going to focus on students’ performance in examinations once these new teachers are posted,” Mr. Thennarasu said.
He was here in connection with a students’ skills improvement programme organised by the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Target planThe Minister informed that a comprehensive target plan was being prepared to increase the literacy rate in Tamil Nadu to 85 per cent by 2010.
Literacy programme“For the first time, we are going to have a plan of action for literacy programme. Right now, the literacy rate is at 75 per cent and steps are underway to increase it by another 10 per cent with particular focus on Scheduled Tribes and women through non-formal system,” Mr. Thennarasu said.
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