Overview
- At a ceremony in Khanapara, Guwahati, Himanta Biswa Sarma handed appointment letters to 3,800 lower primary and 1,750 upper primary TET-qualified teachers.
- Sarma said total government appointments since the BJP returned to power have reached 1,26,793, surpassing the one-lakh target.
- The event included distribution of 8,799 tablets to teachers under the Shikshak Samal Package and the launch of 4,280 tablets for students under the Aarohan Scheme.
- He asserted that recent recruitment has been transparent and merit-based with no legal challenges or controversies reported.
- The chief minister linked the hiring push and planned education expansion, including 16 new universities and schools in tea-garden regions, to industrial projects at Jagiroad, Numaligarh, Chapar and Namrup.