With a view to fill the vacancies of Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) in the State, Haryana Secondary Education Department would send requisition for filling 8056 such posts to the Haryana Staff Selection Commission.
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, said that Chief Minister Manohar lal has approved a proposal to this effect.
The Minister said that these vacancies included 136 of Mewat Cadre and 7,920 in the rest of Haryana. He said as teacher availability is a key factor in improving quality of education in government schools, Haryana Government is committed towards filling the existing and projected vacancies of PGTs in the state by March 2018.
At present, the Education System is suffering due to the shortage of about 22,000 teachers including 15,000 Post GraduateTeachers and 7,000 Trained Graduate Teachers in Haryana schools.