To spruce up the educational infrastructure in the State, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday gave nod to the recruitment of 10,880 posts vacant in the education department related to various Cadres.
Presiding over a meeting of various departments, the Chief Minister described education as the core sector which would be streamlined and kept under sharp focus. The Chief Minister also directed for creation of 2,000 Physical Education teachers in primary schools and recruitment so as to ensure the robust health of the school students apart from focusing on the academic aspect.
Advocating the formation of clusters in every village whereby the village having a primary, middle and the high school would be availing the services of a single physical education trainer, Channi asked the School Education Department to actively consider the proposal. Besides, he discussed various issues related to various unions and directed that the department may have discussions and after examining their demand may take up the matter with Finance Department.
Accepting the long pending demand of around 1,000 headmasters and teachers recruited under RMSA, the CM directed the Finance Department to release state share of salaries which were cut due to upper cap made by Government of India (in 2016). It will cost around 3.2 Crore to state exchequer.
In another decision, the CM gave go ahead to the recruitment of approximately 3400 various posts in the Health Department so as to further strengthen the healthcare mechanism. He also ordered that proposal pertaining to the inclusion of the Anganwadi/ASHA Workers and other Health workers in the Ayushman Bharat scheme be brought up in the Cabinet meeting.
Channi also announced that he would shortly lay the foundation Stones of Medical colleges at Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur. He also announced that a new Medical College will be set up in Sangrur with 100 percent State funding. These new Medical Colleges will help in boosting medical education and research in the State.
