Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel

After a string of protests that broke out in Gandhinagar over the recruitment of teaching staff in Gujarat, it was decided in a cabinet meeting held today to recruit permanent teachers for 24,700 vacant posts.

The direct beneficiaries of this recruitment rollout would be the 3.83 lakh TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) and TAT (Teachers Aptitude Test) candidates from the state.

Permanent recruitment of TAT-Secondary and TAT-Higher Secondary passed candidates will be conducted in government and grant-in-aid schools in the state. The recruitment process for TET-1 and TET-2 candidates will also be undertaken in the coming time, the government has notified.

A total of 3,500 TAT-Secondary passed candidates will be recruited, including 500 in secondary (Classes 9 and 10) government schools and 3,000 in grant-in-aid schools.

A total of 4,000 TAT-Higher Secondary candidates will be recruited, including 750 in higher secondary (Classes 11 and 12) government schools and 3,250 in grant-in-aid schools.

In a previous cabinet meeting held last month, it was decided to recruit 7,500 permanent teachers in the next three months in government and grant-in-aid schools for secondary and higher secondary education.

Horde of teaching staff candidates in Gujarat

Gujarat houses 39,395 TET-1 passed and 2,35,956 TET-2 passed candidates, the education minister notified in the state assembly last month. In addition, there are 75,328 candidates in TAT-secondary, 28,307 in TAT-secondary dual-stream, and 15,253 in TAT-higher secondary dual-stream who have passed the exam, the minister added.

Responding to a question about the recruitment of candidates in the last two years, the minister clarified that 2,300 TET-1 passed and 3,378 TET-2 passed candidates were recruited in 2022, while no such recruitments were made in secondary or higher secondary departments. Similarly, no candidate was recruited in government or grant-in-aid primary and secondary schools in 2023.

Govt stuck to its ‘Gyan Sahayak’ scheme

Over these recruitment irregularities, the state capital saw the furore of the TET-TAT candidates through numerous agitations.

Moreover, instead of recruiting TET-TAT candidates, the state government was adamant about its ‘Gyan Shayak’ recruitment scheme, leaving the protesting candidates unemployed.

Notably, instead of TET-TAT candidates, the education department has appointed 4,138 candidates as Gyan Shayak to fill 5,985 vacancies in the secondary division.

The Gyan Sahayak recruits are paid a monthly honorarium of ₹24,000, the state education minister notified in response to a question regarding the same.