School and Mass Education Department Secretary Usha Padhee during her visit to Gajapati district has asked the departmental officers to speed up the necessary procedure to fill up the vacant posts at all schools.
Visiting many schools, she expressed her concern over the poor education system and also discussed about it with departmental officials in the district. Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association (OSSTA) office bearer and former president Binod Chandra Jena and teacher Prafulla Chandra Panigrahi met Padhee and discussed about various problems of district secondary schools and teachers.
The teachers demanded that the State Government fill up the vacant posts in schools, appointment of fourth grade employees and establishment of a BEd college and a Hindi training centre in the district.