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Mizoram Government Reviews School Staffing, Teacher Recruitment Plans

Mizoram’s leaders held a meeting about its schools and teachers.

They looked at empty jobs for education officers.

The government has approved hiring teachers for primary, middle and high schools.

Some of these teachers will be hired this year, while others will be recruited later.

Leaders also discussed creating a new Mizoram Education Service.

They considered directly hiring Hindi Education Officers.

They talked about running some schools with private partners.

They also considered merging or closing schools that have very few students.

Key facts

Primary teacher recruitment: 671 regular posts approved for phased recruitment; 100 are planned for the current financial year.
Middle-school recruitment: 544 contractual posts approved for phased recruitment; 212 are planned for the current year.
High-school recruitment: 107 regular posts approved for phased recruitment; 57 are planned for the current year.
Education officer vacancies: Vacancies for District Education Officers and Sub-Divisional Education Officers were reviewed.
Proposed service: The proposed Mizoram Education Service is expected to be placed before the Council of Ministers.
School operations: Officials discussed public-private partnership operation and merging or closing schools with very low enrolment.

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