With an aim to strengthen basic education, the Uttar Pradesh Government said in the State Assembly that it has plans to regularise the services of all the 1.06 lakh Shiksha Mitras by the end of this financial year.
The announcement was made by Minister of State for Primary Education Yogesh Pratap Singh after a question was raised by BJP member Suresh Kumar Khanna here on Tuesday.
The Minister said that 52,000 Shiksha Mitras have been elevated as permanent teacher after training and another 52,000 are being trained and would be posted by next December. The remaining Shiksha Mitras would be posted by the end of this financial year.
Singh said besides these 1.06 lakh teachers, the State Government has appointed 72,000 primary teachers and 14,000 more would be appointed soon.
Refuting the allegation that several primary schools in the State have been closed down due to absence of teachers, he said that presently there are 3,33,790 teachers in the primary section in the State along with 1,06,403 Shiksha Mitras.
Spinning Mills
The Government said that nine spinning mills of the State-run Cooperative Societies would be handed over to private players soon. While replying to a question on the closed spinning mills in the State by BJP member laxmikant Bajpai, UP Dairy Development Minister Ram Murti Verma said that these spinning mills are situated at Maghar, Nagina, Bulandshahr, Bahadurganj, Kampil, Amroha, Baheri, Fatehpur and Mauaima.
He said an order for re-start of these mills with private participants has been isused on November 12 last. The bid for these mills is being prepared by State Bank of India (SBI) and will be awarded to the private companies on the basis of user charges.
Meanwhle, in another question, Minister of State for health Shankh lal Manjhi said that against the target of 26.57 lakh institutional delivery during 2014-15, the State has achieved 12.88 lakh deliveries till October last.
House adjourned sine die
The five-day long Winter Session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly was adjourned sine die. Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey announced that the Business Advisory Committee of the House has decided to adjourn the House.
During the brief session, the Government passed the supplementary Budget to the tune of over Rs14,000 crores and approved several bills.