Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Dr Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has announced the construction of 400 new Sandipani school buildings and said recruitment to 20,000 school education posts will begin soon, according to media reports.
CM made the announcements at a state-level programme at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal on Wednesday, where he distributed compassionate appointment letters to family members of deceased school education employees.
CM said 954 employees had received compassionate appointments, while the remaining 300 pending cases would be resolved by the end of the year. He handed over appointment letters to 11 beneficiaries as a symbolic gesture.
Of the 400 proposed school buildings, 200 will be constructed by the School Education Department and 200 by the Tribal Welfare Department. The state currently has 369 operational Sandipani schools.
CM said the government had provided jobs to more than 85,000 young people across departments, including 15,000 posts in school education. Recruitment to another 20,000 posts is expected to begin shortly.
He said the school education budget had increased from around Rs 400 crore in 2002-03 to Rs 38,000 crore.
Of the 954 compassionate appointments, 661 were for Assistant Grade-3 posts, 31 for primary teachers and 262 for Class IV positions.
School Education and Transport Minister Uday Pratap Singh also attended the programme. Bhopal Municipal Corporation council chairman Kishan Suryavanshi was also present at the event.
