Rajasthan's second largest recruitment drive of teachers

Jaipur, Feb 23 (UNI) Rajasthan is going for the second largest recruitment drive in the educational sector with the appointment of 38, 010 teachers in the state this year.

Rajasthan Education Minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, while addressing a press conference here today, said 2.69 lakh applicants would appear for the examination for the appointment of 38,010 teachers including 450 lecturers conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission on February 25. The appointment process would be completed before March, he added.

In order to address the issue of fake degree certifcates, a committee of officials comprising RPSC and the Education department have been constituted to scrutinise the certificates of the selected candidates, the minister said.

Education Minister also announced that the transfer of teachers would be completed before May 15 adding that the transfer of the teachers in the government schools would be based on the annual results.

The teachers of those schools whose results fall short of the state average will invite punitive action while teachers of schools which excel will be rewarded with choice transfers, he added.

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