In a bid to meet the shortage of teachers, Haryana Government has decided to appoint retired teachers on contract basis in its schools in the state so that the students do not suffer in their studies.
Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has already accorded approval for empanelment of retired teachers of upto 65 years of age. The recruitment process of teachers being subjudiced, the services of retired teachers would be sought for making alternate arrangements.
Apart from this, the government had also decided not to retire teachers in the mid academic session. Talking to reporters here, Bhukkal said that text books had been supplied in maximum of the government schools. The firms to whom the short term tenders had been allocated had started delivery of text books. All the students would get text books within two days, she added.