Overview
- At a Tagore Theatre event in Chandigarh, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann issued appointment letters to 606 education recruits and announced a separate cadre for special educators.
- The cohort includes 385 special educators, 157 primary teachers, eight principals and 56 employees appointed on compassionate grounds.
- Mann says his administration has filled 61,281 government posts since April 2022 through a merit-based, transparent process that has not been challenged in court.
- Officials highlighted capacity-building with training for 234 principals in Singapore, 249 head teachers at IIM Ahmedabad and 216 primary teachers at Turku University in Finland.
- Student support measures cited include free uniforms, a girls’ bus service reaching about 10,000 daily and seating upgrades the minister says now cover every child.