The State Government on Tuesday said it would recruit 5,634 contractual teachers for Government high schools soon. The Finance Department has already approved a proposal in this regard.
An official release informed that the contractual teachers would include 494 Trained Intermediate and Matric teachers and 5,100 Trained Graduate Science and Arts teachers.
While the age limit for general candidates has been fixed at 32 years, the SC, ST, women, SEBC and disabled candidates would get age relaxation as per the Government rule. The candidates would need to pass the OTET exams for the posts. Those who have not competed the OTET exams would be given three chances to pass the exam in two years of time.
The numbers of posts to be filled up district-wise include Angul (179), Baleswar (338), Bargarh (138), Bhadrak (524), Balangir (97), Boudh (45), Cuttack (321), Deogarh (52), Dhenkanal (182), Gajapati (32), Ganjam (595), Jagatsinghpur (296), Jajpur (314), Jharsuguda (77), Kalahandi (93), Kandhamal (37), Kendrapada (362), Keonjhar (266), Khordha (414), Korpaut (75), Malkangiri (16), Mayurbhanj (264), Nabarangpur (38), Nayagarh (212), Nuapada (50), Puri (262), Rayagada (62), Sambalpur (55), Subarnapur (62) and Sundargrh (196).