By Trictynews Reporter
Chandigarh
28th October:– Giving the nation builder teaching
community a Diwali bonanza, the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh
Badal today distributed appointment letters to 4560 Teachers of master cadre
and 2005 teachers belonging to ETT cadre.
In a function organized here by the
Education Department, Punjab, the Deputy Chief Minister congratulated and
profusely appreciated the go-getter efforts of the Education Minister, Punjab,
Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema and the entire department for this stupendous effort.
He said that it is a very big and prestigious responsibility to be a teacher
who shoulders the responsibility to mould the future of the nation. That
explains why, said the Deputy Chief Minister, the emphasis of the SAD-BJP
government is to invest more and more into the educational sector.
Disclosing more, he said that during
the course of previous 9 years the state government has provided 2.50 lakh jobs
in various departments in a transparent and fair manner. Divulging more, he
said that during the next month nearly 30000 more contractual employees would
be absorbed in the various departments as it is the prime endeavor of the state
government to fill vacancies in all departments as soon as possible in order to
make process of governance more faster.
Making a strong pitch for
development, Sukhbir Badal said that the SAD-BJP government has taken path
breaking innovative measures in various sectors which includes surplus and
cheapest power, excellent road infrastructure, sewerage and clean drinking
water in 100 cities with 60 more to follow, preservation of culture in the form
of construction of memorials belonging to all religions and beautification of
all religious places. He also said that whatever the government has said it has
accomplished. He also announced that in the next 5 years all the 12000 villages
of the state would be equipped with sewerage facilities at a cost of Rs. 35000
crore.
Earlier, welcoming the Deputy Chief
Minister on the occasion, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said praised the vision of
the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Deputy Chief Minister which
enabled the education department to fulfill it's target of 22000 recruitments.
Congratulating all the teachers, the
minister said that during the previous 9 years the education department has
recruited 84000 teachers. He also divulged that the teachers have been selected
after a rigorous process encompassing Teachers Eligibility Test and Subject and
Aptitude Test.
Making another significant
announcement, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that the stations to the newly
appointed teachers would be allotted as per merit on the 3rd and 4th
November.
