Saturday, August 3, 2013

State to fill up 800 Govt lecturer posts in 3 months



BHUBANESWAR: Finally after a long gap of 12 years, the State Government decided to fill up of 800 posts of lecturers in 97 Government colleges within three months ahead of general election. This was decided in a review meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here on Saturday.

According to Higher Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra, recruitment process for 535 posts has already begun and the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) was asked to select the deserving candidates. Among these 535 posts, 272 are for junior colleges and 281 are for degree colleges, Patra added.

Though the recent fill up of lecture posts are not enough to meet the acute shortage of teachers in the colleges, it will give sigh of relief to the student mass. “Still most of the posts of science lecturers lied vacant in the several colleges in the State,” said the sources.    

During this meeting Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra, Development Commissioner I Shrinivas, Higher Education Secretary Gagan Bihari Dhal and others were present.


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