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FIFTY PER CENT OF REDUNDANT TEACHERS PLACED
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS SUCCESSFULLY PLACED SOME 200 OUT OF 400 REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO REGISTERED WITH THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
THE ANNUAL EXERCISE OF PLACING REDUNDANT TEACHERS INTO NEW POSTS STARTED ON MAY 9 AND IT WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH TO COMPLETE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
TO SPEED UP THE PLACEMENT EXERCISE, THE SPOKESMAN URGED ALL AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPERVISORS ΤΟ REPORT ALL AVAILABLE TEACHING VACANCIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS, ARISING FROM NEW CLASSES, WASTAGE AND RETIREMENT, IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO CALLED ON SCHOOL MANAGEMENTS ·TỞ ACCEPT THE REDUNDANT TEACHERS REFERRED BY THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO FILL THEIR VACANCIES.
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'WITHOUT THE FULL SUPPORT FROM SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THE PLACEMENT SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO PLACE ALL REDUNDANT TEACHERS AT AN EARLY DATE, HE SAID.
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"AS A RESULT, TEACHING VACANCIES IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FROZEN, HE ADDED.
IN THIS CONNECTION, SCHOOL SUPERVISORS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO ANY EMPLOYMENT WITH OTHER TEACHERS BEFORE THE PLACEMENT SERVICE HAS COMPLETED ITS TASK.
THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS, ANNUAL EXERCISE OF HELPING TO PLACE TEACHERS INTO NEW JOBS BECAUSE OF A SCHOOL AGE AND A SHIFT OF POPULATION TOWNS.
HAS CARRIED OUT THE REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL DROP IN POPULATION OF PRIMARY FROM URBAN AREAS ΤΟ THE NEW
BETWEEN 1975 AND 1987, ABOUT 5,000 AFFECTED TEACHERS HAD BEEN HELPED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE ALTERNATIVE TEACHING POSTS.
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