Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: Minister of State for Education Feroz Ahmad Khan today said that as many as 11 posts of Principals and 47 posts of lecturers in different disciplines are presently lying vacant in various Higher Secondary Schools of Kargil district.
Replying to a question of Aga Sayed Rizvi in Upper House today the Minister informed that the department has elevated 156 Senior lecturers and Zonal Education Officers as In-charge Principals which has been challenged by some lecturers in the High Court.
Mr. Feroz further informed that vacancies of lecturers under direct quota have been referred to State Public Services Commission for selection of suitable candidates, adding that the vacancies under promotion quota would also be filled up shortly.
Replying to another question by Master Noor Hussain, the Minister informed that presently, there is no separate cadre of subject specific teacher, including Urdu language. He said that the department has identified among general line teachers those having Urdu, as one of the subject at Graduation level and those teachers are being deployed in the schools of those areas, where Urdu is spoken and taught. The department is contemplating changes in the Recruitment Rules for recruiting language teachers in Primary, Upper primary and secondary Schools of State, he maintained.
The Minister further informed that no Middle and High School has been upgraded under RMSA in Jammu, Samba and Kathua district during last three years. Chairman also pulled up Government over the issue and issue directions to implement.
Devender Singh Rana, Syed Rafiq Shah, Khalid Najeeb Suhrawardy, Jehangir Hussain Mir, Ghulam Qadir Pardesi and Sheikh Ghulam Rasool also raised supplementaries to the questions.
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