Assam Govt to abolish 8,000 sanctioned vacant posts of regular school teachers

way2barak, Nov.8: Assam government on Tuesday has decided to abolish 8000 posts of school teachers under the elementary education department, said an official. Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said that the state government in 2020 had offered a regular pay scale and other benefits to 11,206 contractual teachers working under the SSA in lower primary and upper primary schools.

In a letter to the state Accountant General (AG), Assam, Bijoya Choudhury, secretary to Assam school education department stated, “I am directed to convey the approval of the Government in the Department of School Education for abolishing of 8000 (Eight Thousand) sanctioned vacant posts of regular teacher (4265 pots of Lower Primary Schools and 3715 posts of Upper Primary Schools) under the Directorate of Elementary Education, Assam…that were kept vacant to maintain financial neutrality regarding providing of additional service benefits to the State Pool Teachers under SSA, Assam as per Decision of Honorable Cabinet meeting held on 26.05. 2020.”

Now, as these vacant posts are kept frozen and shall be vacant for a long period till the retirement of the contractual teachers, Govt. has considered it prudent to abolish them for financial discipline. 3/4

— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) November 8, 2022

In a Facebook post Education Minister Ranoj Pegu wrote, “Govt of Assam had decided in 2020 to offer regular pay scale, along with all other benefits, including service upto 60 years, to 11206 LP/UP teachers working under SSA. In order to maintain rationality against this near-regularisation, the Govt. decided to keep 8000 sanctioned posts of regular teachers vacant to avoid duplicity and financial neutrality. Now, as these vacant posts are kept frozen and shall be vacant for a long period till the retirement of the contractual teachers, Govt. has considered it prudent to abolish them for financial discipline. Govt. may create posts as and when required owing to an increase in enrolment in the future.