Applicants who had passed NET and SET were selected
A total of 159 ad hoc teachers have been appointed in various Government degree colleges in the State to take evening classes. The applicants who had passed the National Eligibility Test (NET) and the State Eligibility Test and wished to take evening
classes had appeared in walk-in interviews held at the district level and they were selected by the committee headed by the district magistrate concerned in the State. The selected teachers will be paid Rs 250 per class, said the State higher education director Jagdish Prasad while talking to The Pioneer on Saturday.
Around 200 teaching staff members will be recruited for conducting evening classes in around 30 Government and Government — aided degree colleges in the State. In order to meet the required 200 target, the district magistrate may announce date for more walk-in interviews. A walk-in interview was held in Uttarakashi on Saturday and the results are awaited, he added.
Recently, walk-in interviews were held at various districts, including Rudraprayag, Pauri, Dehradun and other places in the State and applicants who had passed NET and SET had appeared in the interview which was conducted by a committee headed by district magistrate in each district on different dates.
In Dehradun, 12 teaching staff members were selected for the Government Degree College Doiwala and Government Degree College, Dakpathar, Vikasnagar. However, some seats are vacant here. Moreover, in order to recruit teachers for evening classes in Government-aided degree colleges, a committee comprising the principal, Government degree college and others will be formed soon after admission processes are completed there.
Earlier, a total of 17 retired college teachers were recruited by a committee headed by Kumaon commissioner at its office on September 20 while eight retired teachers were recruited by the Garhwal Commissioner at its office on September 20. The selected retired teachers aged below 70 would be paid the same salary as they had received when they retired sans the pension amount, Prasad added.
The director further said that around 200 teaching staff members will be recruited for conducting evening classes in around 30 Government and Government- aided degree colleges in the State.
Around 10,000 students are expected to get admission on various bachelor degree courses in the evening classes in around 30 Government degree colleges in the State. Admission process in degree colleges has already begun and he expressed hope that the academic session in evening classes will be completed without delay.
It should be mentioned here that to accommodate Class XII passed students who wish to complete their higher education in the State, the State Government had recently allocated seats on various bachelor degree courses for the evening classes to the Government and Government- aided degree colleges in the State.