Recruitment and promotion of teachers and non-teachers by School and Public Education Department

Recruitment and Promotion in Primary Education

1. 20,000 junior teachers will be recruited (based scheme) to fill the vacant posts in government primary schools. Through this, trained young men and women will be employed to provide quality education at primary and higher primary school levels.
2. The state government has allowed 54,000 senior teachers and principals to have a “residence period” for promotion..

Recruitment and Promotion in Secondary Education

1. Odisha Staff Selection Commission has published a notification for the recruitment of 7,540 government secondary teachers based on the requirements of the school and public education department.
2. To solve the problem of shortage of teachers in public secondary schools in the state, 6025 LTR (reserved posts for leave and training) teacher posts have been created and the recruitment process has been started through Odisha Staff Selection Commission.
3. The process has been started to fill up a total of 1799 Junior Assistant posts for the offices of District and Block Officers in Secondary Schools..
4. The process has been initiated through Service Silicon Board to recruit 2064 teachers in fully funded schools..

Recruitment and Promotion in Higher Secondary Education

1. Recruitment of 335 teachers in higher secondary schools through OPSC has started. Currently, 150 PGTs have been recruited during this period, while 367 more PGTs will be recruited during 2023-24..
2. It has been decided to appoint 1543 PGTs in fully funded higher secondary schools.
3. The recruitment process of 555 PGTs in the higher secondary schools has been started in the first phase by the Service Selection Board.
4. 120 teachers in DIET and BIET in view of the needs of schools and public education department Odisha Staff Selection Commission has published a notification to fill the training posts.