Bhubaneswar, 28 August :All the functions of elementary education will be transferred in phases to Zilla Parishad and other Panchayati Raj Institutions.
The Odisha government has announced that all the functions of elementary education will be transferred in phases to Zilla Parishad and other Panchayati Raj institutions, according to a notification by the state school and mass education department.
The notification said, “Engagement of all Junior Teachers (Schematic) under the Samagra Siksha scheme will be made by respective Zilla Parishads under each category i.e. for Classes I to V and Classes VI to VIII under the programme of Samagra Siksha (SS) for implementation of the said Act for elementary education,”.
“As prescribed in the Odisha Elementary Education (Method of Recruitment and conditions of Service of Teachers and Officers) Amendment Rules, 2014, Elementary Teachers are appointed in the state through absorption of Junior Teachers after three years of continuous and satisfactory service considered through a committee at the district level. A Junior Teacher (Schematic) becomes eligible to be a Junior Teacher after three years of continuous and satisfactory service. Their six years of engagement as mentioned above will be co-terminus with that of Samagra Siksha scheme till their absorption in the regular Elementary cadre,” the notification said.
