Here is good news for those aspirants who are eagerly waiting to appear in Haryana Teachers’ Eligibility Test (HTET) to become eligible for appointment to the posts of teachers in Government schools.
The State Government is mulling over to make the HTET a regular feature of the Education Department on the patter of Central Teachers’ Eligibility Test (CTET); so as to explore aspirants of good quality for teaching in the State.
Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal disclosed this while interacting with The Pioneer after inaugurating a blood donation camp at Punjabi Dharamshala in Jhajjar on Sunday. last time, the HTET was organised by the Education Department around two
years ago. Since after, a score of students across the State, who got their degrees afterward, have keenly been waiting for announcement of date of the test.
“Standard of any sort of education cannot be improved without skilled teachers hence the Government is trying its level best to provide those aspirants with an opportunity to join Government jobs as teachers who possess caliber and skill required for the posts.” said Bhukkal.
“It is the outcome of the eligibility test that we are getting good quality teachers to achieve the goal of improving education standard in government schools,” Bhukkal added.
She maintained that plan to make the HTET as a regular feature was still in first phase and final decision in this regard would be taken soon after pondering over its technical aspects as well.
In reply to a question, Bhukkal said teachers who had been working at regular posts with Government-aided schools in the state would be merged in Government services as per the decision of Haryana Government.
“Since the decision has also been approved by the State Cabinet hence the process for the merger of teachers will be initiated soon. Thereafter, the private school authorities will be able to appoint teaching staff in place of the merged employees as per their requirement,” said the Minister.
He added that the Government was not leaving any stone unturned to provide better education facilities to the Government schools for improving the education system.