Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 5: The functioning of the education department in Kishtwar District has hit the roadblock since 1056 posts including those of Principals, ZEOs and lecturers are lying vacant in the District.
As per the details available with “Early Times” out of 2977 sanctioned posts for Kishtwar District, 1056 posts are laying vacant.
Out of seven sanctioned posts of HODs DIET, three are lying vacant, out of 22 Principal posts, 11 are vacant, out of seven ZEOs, five posts are lying vacant. Out of 47 headmaster posts, 22 are vacant, out of 246 Masters (General) 99 posts are lying vacant, out of 79 posts of Master (RMSA) 66 posts are lying vacant, out of 256 posts of master (SSA) 157 posts are lying vacant and as such 322 posts of Masters are lying vacant in the District Kishtwar.
Out of 289 posts of lecturers, 148 posts which is more than 50% of the sanctioned strength are lying vacant. Out of 26 sanctioned posts of Account Assistant, 24 are lying vacant and as per the sources, most of these vacant posts are being held by the Teachers/Master grades thus further denting the education department at grass root level.
Beside all the above mentioned posts, 23 post of Senior Assistant, 112 posts of Teacher, 10 posts of Librarian, 23 posts of Junior Assistant (RMSA), 18 posts of Library Assistant, 45 posts of Laboratory Assistant, 44 posts of Laboratory Bearer, 185 posts of Class IV, 8 Posts of Physical Education Lecturer, 22 posts of Physical Education Master, 5 posts of Physical Education Teacher, 6 posts of Junior librarian, 7 posts of Account Assistant are lying vacant.
Speaking to Early Times, senior officials inform that the matter with regard to 1056 vacant posts in the District has been communicated to higher officials from time to time through proper channels added that it is government who had to take the final call over the recruitment against these vacant posts.
They said that due to such huge number of vacancies, the department is suffering badly, particularly the schools situated in the rural areas of the District where the majority of the posts are lying vacant as compared to the posts sanctioned in schools within the city and its adjoining areas.
The sources told the Early Times, that the in one High School situated in the vicinity of the Kishtwar— there are 35 teachers/Masters for 58 students while in rural areas around 5-7 teachers for 300-350 students which is injustice with the students of rural area and the monopoly in the education department to absorb the blue eyed employees against these posts. |
