HP JBT Recruitment 2022: CM Jai Ram Thakur announces to start batch-wise recruitment soon

A piece of good news for Himachal Pradesh (HP) government job aspirants waiting for the Junior Basic Training (JBT) recruitment. The Himachal Pradesh government announced to start the batch-wise recruitment process for vacant posts in educational institutions soon. 

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Tuesday, while addressing the delegation of Himachal Pradesh Shikshak Mahasangh in the Vidhan Sabha complex made the announcement.

The chief minister further told that the education department was probably the largest department recruiting the maximum number of employees in the state.

During state budget, the government has made several announcements for the year 2022-23 to facilitate every category of teachers. It has been announced that the designation of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualified and eligible Shastri and language teachers would be changed to Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) (Sanskrit) and TGT (Hindi).

Also, the posts of lecturer (School Cadre) and lecturer (School New) would be designated as Lecturer (School), CM Thakur added.

In the  budget it was also announced that one-time option for promotion as Headmaster would be given to promoted lecturers from TGTs.

CM Jai Ram Thakur said that a provision of Rs 8,412 crore has been made for the education sector during the year 2022-23.

"All genuine demands of the teachers would be considered sympathetically. Despite the pandemic, the salary of employees was not delayed even by a single day," Thakur added.

Education Minister Govind Singh Thakur and other office bearers of the Mahasangh were also present on the occasion.

-With ANI inputs

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