7654 Posts of Teachers of Punjab

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Chandigarh, June 8
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has approved the holding of an entrance test for recruitment to 214 posts of medical officer in the state. Principal Secretary Health Satish Chandra said the test would be held by the Health Department in collaboration with the PGI, Chandigarh.

He added that the written test would contribute towards 80 per cent of the total marks of the examination process. Another 10 marks had been kept aside for the interview, which would be conducted by a panel of doctors from the PGI. Five marks have been kept aside for candidates from rural areas and another five marks for experience. More than 1,800 applications have been received by the Health Department for these posts. The last date for receiving applications is June 12.

Satish Chandra added that a separate written test would be conducted for recruitment to 34 posts of dental doctors in government hospital. The number of applications received for these posts was over 3,500.

Another written test would be conducted by the Health Department for filling 38 posts of drug inspectors for which over a thousand applications had been received.

The Punjab Health Department had taken these posts out of the purview of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) following allegations of irregularities in the appointment of 312 medical officers in the state. Despite the fact that over 3,000 applications had been received for 312 posts, no entrance test was conducted by the PPSC. The main criteria for the selections was an interview for which 50 marks were set aside. A Tribune expose had revealed that highly qualified candidates were given a miss by the PPSC while below-average candidates were recruited allegedly due to extraneous considerations by the PPSC. These recruitments done by the PPSC are under the scanner of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau.

It has also been decided that recruitment to 128 posts of medical specialists in the state will be done on the basis of interviews as the total number of applications received for these posts was only about 210. Other than the academic record, a panel of experts from the PGI will be conducting the interviews for these posts. Earlier the Health Department had recruited almost a hundred specialists.

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Punjab to get over 7,000 teachers in a week
Chandigarh, June 9 : At least 7,654 teachers will be posted within a week in Punjab to meet the shortage of teachers, state Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur said here Wednesday.

 
"We have recruited 7,654 teachers and screening process for verification of their certificates is on. Officials concerned have been directed to post them within a week to the rural schools having a shortage of teachers on priority basis," said Kaur.

"Besides this, 3,654 primary teachers would also be recruited in the coming months. So far, the Akali Dal government has recruited nearly 34,000 teachers in government schools," she said.

"We have spent Rs.634 crore on the upgradation of infrastructure and to provide safe drinking water and toilet facilities in 18,969 schools. At least 21 new model schools would be set up in educationally backward blocks in the state at a budget of Rs.63.42 crore in the coming months," Kaur added

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