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Himachal to complete CBSE teacher recruitment by Sep 30
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday that the process to recruit teachers in state-run CBSE schools will be completed by September 30. Responding to questions raised in the…
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday that the process to recruit teachers in state-run CBSE schools will be completed by September 30. Responding to questions raised in the Assembly by BJP MLAs, Sukhu said teachers are being selected on merit and will receive a salary for a 10-month period. The CBSE curriculum was introduced in Himachal government schools in the 2025-2026 academic session.
Sukhu said computer labs will be established in all 147 CBSE schools opened so far, for which Rs 80 crore will be made available. Education Minister Rohit Thakur informed the House that 3,830 teachers are currently deployed across the state's CBSE schools, and recruitment for another 820 is underway. Thakur also said 100 more CBSE schools would be opened in the state, and that school enrollment had declined by four lakh over 15 years, prompting the government to adopt the CBSE pattern.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Himachal's shift to CBSE in its own schools is a significant reversal from decades of reliance on the state board. The government frames this as a response to falling enrollment and a bid to help students compete in national exams like JEE and NEET. The 24,000-student increase since the change suggests the strategy is working, but the state is funding the schools itself at a time when its finances are stretched. The real measure will be whether the promised 820 teachers are actually in place by the September 30 deadline and whether the Rs 80 crore for computer labs is fully released. The Assembly will hold the government accountable when the next session resumes.
The recruitment timeline and funding allocation are now on record, and any delay or shortfall will be raised by the opposition.
Source: theprint.in
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