For tea garden schools Assam to create 819 teacher posts

Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it will create 819 new posts for the appointment of teachers in 422 tea garden schools run by the authorities of the state.

Addressing a press conference after the cabinet meeting, Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said that the government will provincialize schools run by tea garden management.
Provincialization means that the government will take over all the responsibilities of a non-government school.

“The services of existing teachers will not be provincialised, they will continue to work under the existing norms. We will create additional posts of teachers and appoint them as government teachers.

Pegu said that the Assam government will spend Rs 33 crore for this purpose to provide quality education to the students of the tea estates.
The cabinet also decided to streamline the process of land settlement in municipal areas for the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Tourism Minister Jayantha Malla Baruah said.

He said the government has also decided to increase the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) loan from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to the tune of Rs 441.86 crore for 190 different Baruah said the cabinet also approved Rs 1,000 crore as per the budget proposals to help entrepreneurs from poor financial background.
According to Assam’s 2023-24 budget, the government will invest Rs 5,000 crore over the next three years to “transform” over two lakh unemployed youth from BPL and low-income families into job creators.

1000 crore rupees was earmarked for this purpose in the next financial year.