254 subject-specific teachers for Classes 11th and Class 12th will be recruited at 254 Adivasi schools, said state cabinet on Tuesday.
After this decision one more sanctioned post will be added to the existing three to reduce the workload for science teachers who have to teach two specialised subjects to these classes.
The new batch of teachers will have a Masters Degree in Science and will reach out to more than 25,000 students enrolled in 111 government Ashramshalas and 143 aided Ashramshalas across Maharashtra.
Right now only three teachers are available for four core subjects- Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
“The shortage of subject-specific teachers added to the workload of each teacher who had to teach two subjects and the possibility of inadequate training to students in science and math could not be ruled out.”
Now to rule of these anomaly the science department will soon have four teachers each entrusted with their subject of specialisation.
The cabinet also approved another proposal from the department to set up five new scheduled tribe (ST) caste certificate scrutiny committees and also added two more such panels for the welfare of ST communities.
There are only 8 such committees located in Thane, Pune, Nashik, Nandurbar, Aurangabad, Amravati, Nagpur and Gadchiroli and these committees have to deal with 1,500 to 2,000 caste certificate applications every month which increase to pending cases.
In a bid to fast-track issuance of caste certificates, the cabinet approved five new committees in Palghar, Nashik, Dhule, Kinwat (Nanded) and Chandrapur.
In addition, the cabinet also directed the department to create two more such committees in Yavatmal and Gondia districts.