Teachers' induction greenlighted

The Punjab Education Department has approved the recruitment of 26,898 teachers across 1,961 upgraded schools as part of the Annual Development Programme.

These include schools upgraded under the afternoon second shift initiative and newly established boys' and girls' schools.

According to an official circular, new teaching positions have been formally created. In the first phase, existing government school teachers will be appointed to these positions.

The circular notes the establishment of 47 new primary schools, one middle school, and five high schools in rural areas.

These will receive 423, 19, and 135 teaching positions, respectively.

For 1,181 schools upgraded from middle to high under the second shift program, 14,172 teaching posts have been approved.

Under the department's own development programme, 375 schools were upgraded from primary to middle level with 5,250 new teaching positions; 245 schools were upgraded from middle to high, receiving 2,940 posts; and 107 high schools were upgraded to higher secondary level, for which 3,959 new teaching positions have been sanctioned. Recruitment processes for these posts have already commenced.