All teaching and non-teaching staff of state-run, aided and private schools across Karnataka would be vaccinated on priority ahead of resuming classes.
"The corona vaccine will be given on a priority basis to teachers and non-teaching staff of all government, aided and unaided private schools in the state for the early re-opening of schools keeping the future of children in mind," Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said
The announcement came after the Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated an interim stay on the selection process for the appointment of around 14,500 teachers for upper primary schools in the state
The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
The appointment process to fill up at least 14,000 vacancies in the upper primary level (classes 5-8) and 10,500 in the primary level (classes 1-4) will be completed before October this year. Around 7,500 more posts for primary teachers will be filled up by March 2022, Banerjee said.
Speaking to the media, GSTA General Secretary Ajay Veer Yadav said, "According to our estimates, at least 120 teachers have died so far, according to information submitted by district officials of the association."
The Telangana government will spend about Rs 42 crore every month to provide financial aid and rice to teachers and other staff working in the recognised private schools in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that his annual interaction with students ''Pariksha Pe Charcha'' will be held on April 7 in a new virtual format.
Last year, the UPSTF had arrested one 'Anamika Shukla', a teacher who was on the payroll of 25 government schools and had drawn a salary of Rs 1 crore in 10 months. Twenty-five Anamika Shuklas were found during the investigation while the real Anamika Shukla, whose certificates were being used by the accused, was unemployed.
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Amritsar civil surgeon Charanjit Singh on Tuesday took cognizance of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state and informed that out of 4,000 schoolteachers tested, 13 teachers have been found positive for COVID-19.
Around 190 students and 70 teachers of two government schools in Malappuram have tested positive for COVID-19,prompting health officials to ask school authorities in the district to keep extra vigil and strictly implement the COVID-19 protocol.
Thirty-one teachers and students have tested positive for COVID-19 in Gajapati district after reopening of schools.
Nashik school teachers test COVID19 positive: As many as 1,21,579 students attended schools that were shut since March-end last year due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown.
The education department has intensified the digitisation process after a 'fake' teacher scam was reported in June this year, in which a full-time science teacher named Anamika Shukla was found working at 25 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) simultaneously for 13 months and taking home approximately Rs 1 crore as salary.
At least 31,000 Grade-III teachers look set to be recruited in Rajasthan as the Ashok Gehlot-led government gave its nod to the proposal. The chief minister approved the proposal for recruitment through the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers (REET).
7th Pay Commission latest news: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to disburse pending salaries of municipal teachers and observed that no employee should be deprived of the joy during the Diwali festival.
The Supreme Court has upheld the termination of 8,882 ad-hoc teachers in Tripura, who were working in the School Education Department.
Teaching and non-teaching staff of various schools and educational institutes in Goa have now been allowed to work from home, the state government has said. A circular issued by Goa education director Suresh Amonkar stated schools, education and coaching institutions in the state will remain closed until July 31.
Around 8,000 teachers working in North Delhi Municipal Corporation, who are waiting for their salaries from the last three months, have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the same. They had earlier appealed in the court too.
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