The three-day recruitment counselling session for Upgraded High Schools of the State commenced at Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Headquarters in Namkom on Monday.
Candidates who had passed the written exam for the recruitment were strictly instructed by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Development to remain present on the occasion.
As many as 633 candidates turned up for the day one counseling for English, Hindi, Science, Mathematics and Biology. Sources maintained Secondary Education Director Manish Ranjan and Education Officer Arvind were present here for interacting with the candidates.
“There were 244 candidates for Hindi. 20 candidates were for English. Altogether there were 158 candidates for Science and Mathematics. Merely 15 individuals came for Biology subject teaching posts,” a staff said.
The counseling for Sanskrit, Geography, History and Music subjects will be held on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the counselling for Economics, Urdu, Persian, Arab, Santhali, Oriya, Mundari, Ho, Oraon, Khariya, Khortha, Nagpuri, Kurmali, Bengali, Home Science and Commerce will be carried out.
HRD Department has made medical and security arrangements in the Council premises to avoid inconvenience. 13 counters have been made for conducting the counselling sessions. Overall 1,871 teachers will be appointed through the counselling.