The Chhattisgarh School Education Department has appointmted 700 people on compassionate grounds in just one week. Preparations are underway to give appointments to 79 other applicants in the next one week.
At a May 18 cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the Cabinet decided to relax the limit of 10 percent for compassionate appointment on Grade-III posts till May 31, 2022.
Baghel told all departments to act swiftly and sensitively. School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam also asked his officers to take immediate action.
The appointments went to the nearest kin of teachers and other employees who died during the Covid-19 crisis. Within seven days, nearly 700 eligible youths of all 31 education districts in the state were given appointment orders, an official statement said on Friday.
From May 28 to June 4, 700 of the 779 applicants were appointed as Assistant Teachers and clerks.