12,000 teachers to be recruited for TN govt schools

Tamil Nadu government has decided to recruit 12,000 teachers, including 1,000 post-graduate teachers, this year, State School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu has said.

Tamil Nadu government has decided to recruit 12,000 teachers, including 1,000 post-graduate teachers, this year, State School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu has said.

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The recruitment for the government schools would be made through the Teachers Recruitment Board, he said at a function held by the Sakthi Devi Trust in Erode on Friday night.

He said that the state government was spending Rs 1,000 crore annually towards education and claimed that the amount spent by Tamil Nadu in the sector was higher than any other state.

He said the syllabus for the proposed equitable system of education, to be implemented from next academic year, would be prepared transparently with the participation of the public.