Gujarat govt to recruit 8,000 more vidya sahayaks


Ahmedabad, 24 December 2013

The Gujarat government has taken decision to appoint 2,000 vidya sahayaks(teaching assistants) in standard 1-5 in primary schools this year. The decision has been taken to give opportunity to those who have passed PTC. Applicants will need to pass TET for appointment.

According to ministers Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and Nanubhai Vanani, Vidya Sahayaks are appointed for last three years in schools. Appointments of PTC/TET passed vidya sahayaks will be done in talukas that have maximum vacant posts. Procedure of appointment will be started in near future.

In another development, the procedure for 6,000 posts of Maths/Science vidya sahayaks was kicked off today.

The state government has appointed 8,800 vidya sahayaks in last one year. Another 6,000 are to be appointed in standard 6-8 covering 5,766 district panchayat run Gujarat medium posts, 95 nagar prathmik shikshan samiti run posts and 130 other posts.