Bihar's NDA government has given the go-ahead to the state Human Resource Department to start the process for recruitment of 80,000 primary teachers and 12,000 secondary and higher seecondary teachers after modifying the existing rules.
The cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday gave its nod to the amended appointment rules framed for absorption of teachers in primary, secondary and higher education in a bid to minimise the chances of irregularities alleged to have been committed while appointing teachers earlier.
The cabinet, however, discontinued the system of counselling of candidates, applied during the first phase of appointment of 1.36 lakh teachers, state Cabinet Secretary Girish Shankar said.
Shankar said under the amended rules, the candidates are required to file applications with details of their educational qualifications, marks and other information for preparation of a merit list and selected candidates would be asked to get their degrees and marksheets verified.
The cabinet also decided to award "Bihar Gaurav Samman" carrying cash prize and a certificate to the students from the state securing high ranks in all-India competitive examination as well as international science competitions like Maths and Physics Olympiad, he said.
Any aspirant from Bihar securing the first rank in the UPSC, IIT, CAT and others would be awarded the "Bihar Gaurav Samman" with a cash prize of Rs One lakh, while those securing next five ranks .
Source:Zeenews.com August8th,2008.
