Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approved the creation of positions for assistant teachers of Urdu in Jharkhand’s primary schools. There will be 7,232 posts made in total. There are 1,754 posts for upper primary schools (classes 6–8) and 5,478 posts for primary schools (classes 1–5). 4,401 positions have been approved for Urdu assistant teachers in state primary schools.
Of these, 689 positions for Urdu teachers have been filled, leaving 3712 open. In this instance, the authorized positions of Urdu assistant teachers in state-run primary schools have been transferred, creating a new position with a different salary scale for assistant teachers in those positions.
Number of posts:
Based on the findings of the Jharkhand Education Project Council, Ranchi, 7981 Assistant Professor positions are to be filled, arranged according to the number of pupils studying Urdu in all of the state’s primary and upper primary school districts. In primary schools, there are 6167 assistant teacher positions, and in middle schools, there are 1754 assistant teacher positions. However, 689 assistant teachers of Urdu with mixed training are employed by primary schools. As a result, the state has added 1754 assistant teacher positions (a total of 7232 posts) to middle schools and 5478 posts to primary schools.
The conversion of assistant teacher positions in the state’s elementary and middle schools into fifty thousand assistant professor posts and fifty thousand assistant teacher posts has been approved. The Assistant Professor’s salary is set at Level-4 for intermediately trained employees and Level-5 for graduate employees on the seventh Centrally Revised Pay Scale. The open positions for Urdu teachers have also been adjusted in the above context.