In order to maintain the 1:40 teacher-student ratio in
government-run schools in the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa
today directed creation about 7,000 new additional teacher vacancies.
The Chief Minister has directed creating a total of 6,872
graduate teacher vacancies in the current academic year, which would result in
the government incurring an expenditure of Rs 181.36 crore annually to recruit
the personnel. A state government release here said she had also directed
creating 1,590 additional post graduate teaching vacancies to cater to the said
student-teacher ratio in government-run higher secondary schools. The state
exchequer will incur an additional sum of Rs 45.25 crore to hire the requisite
number. Further, the government also announced hiking the monthly wages of
guest lecturers in Government Arts and Science Colleges to Rs 10,000 from Rs
6,000 per month.
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