In order to maintain an acceptable teacher-student ratio in state run schools, chief minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday ordered creation of 1,591 post graduate teacher posts in state government and municipal schools to teach class eleven and twelve students.
She also passed instructions to create posts of one lab attender and one junior assistant each for 4,393 and 1,764 schools respectively.
This would cost the exchequer an additional Rs 173 crore. This apart, she also passed orders for the creation of infrastructure facilities in 131 schools at a cost of Rs 152 crore.
The CM also ordered creation of a total of 1,590 P.G. teacher posts last year to strengthen the school education system.
Sensing the fact that mere upgrading of schools and providing various sops to students would not give them a quality education, Jayalalithaa was determined to create adequate number of PG teachers to offer quality education in the newly upgraded schools, an official release said here.
Besides, the CM has allocated Rs 152 crore to create infrastructure facilities including drinking water, toilets, lab facilities, and additional classrooms in 131 higher secondary schools in order to help provide a healthy school environment.