JAMMU: Education Minister Sakeena Itoo announced on Monday that the government is actively considering the de-freezing of teacher positions to address the shortage of educators in schools across Jammu and Kashmir.
In response to a question from MLA Pawan Kumar Gupta of the BJP during the legislative assembly session, the minister explained that the recruitment of teacher positions was frozen by the lieutenant governor-led State Administrative Council in 2018. She emphasised that the government is making efforts to lift this freeze to expedite the recruitment process within the department.
Itoo noted that 594 lecturer positions in 27 disciplines have been referred to the J-K Public Service Commission. Additionally, 727 non-teaching posts and 43 multi-tasking staff positions have been sent to the finance department for revival or concurrence.