Re-hiring of Lecturers, subject specific teachers ordered
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 8: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the creation of 33 posts in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar.
The posts include 1 post each of Chief Occupational Therapist, Head Occupational Therapist, Senior Occupational Therapist, Junior Occupational Therapist, Assistant Medical Record Officer, Medical Record Supervisor, Technical Supervisor, Technical Supervisor, Store Officer and Section Officer in GMC Jammu and GMC Srinagar, 2 posts of Head Assistants in GMC Jammu and 1 post in GMC Srinagar, 2 posts each of Senior Assistants in GMC Jammu and GMC Srinagar, 3 posts each of Junior Assistant in GMC Jammu and GMC Srinagar and one post each of Steno Typist in GMC Jammu and GMC Srinagar.
With the creation of these 33 posts, the long pending issues of stagnation of the employees in these two medical colleges would get addressed to a large extent.
The SAC also accorded sanction to the creation of 85 posts for 6- Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) Schools and 5- General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) Schools in the State.
The posts created include 06 posts of Principal, 18 posts of Nursing Tutor and 06 posts of Clerk for ANM Schools and 05 posts of Principal, 35 posts of Sister Tutor, 05 posts of Clerk, 05 posts of Library Assistant and 05 posts of Lab Attendant for GNM Schools.
As per Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) norms, the health sector in the State is facing shortage of Nurses. As per the IHPS norms the ratio of nurses to a bed is 1:5 and in ICU 1:1. However, in J&K it is 1:10. Health Department requires around 3193 Nurses while the actual staff strength is 1290, thereby, leaving a gap of around 1900 Nurses.
06 ANM and 5 GNM Schools were sanctioned by Government of India in 2009-10 on 85:15 funding pattern. The ANM schools are in Bandipora, Budgam, Kishtwar, Ramban and Shopian and GNM Schools are in Kulgam, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Pulwama and Kargil.
All 11 ANM/GNM schools have been completed and handed over to the Health Department. Moreover, 03 ANM schools viz Bandipore, Kishtwar, Reasi and 03 GNM schools viz Pulwama, Kulgam, and Akhnoor are functioning from 2017-18, on internal arrangement basis.
With the establishment of these 11 Nursing Schools in the state, the nursing services will be strengthened once these start functioning.
These institutions shall produce 40 ANM students and 60 GNM students per school every year, which means that these 11 ANM/GNM Schools shall annually produce 540 skilled nursing staff. Further, the number of available nursing students will go up when the additional 10 ANM/GNM Schools, which are also coming up under centrally assistance under Phase-II, will be completed and made functional.
The SAC also accorded sanction to the temporary re-hiring of willing eligible Lecturers who have already rendered their services during the last academic year 2018-19, purely on academic arrangement basis for the academic session 2019 from 11.03.2019 to 30.06.2019, subject to the fulfilment of the conditions attendant to such engagements as per relevant recruitment rules.
The decision has been taken to ensure continuity in academic activities in the Higher Secondary Schools and in larger interest of the student community. While the academic session in Kashmir division is due to commence from 11th March, 2019, the same is due to commence in Jammu division from April, 2019.
The academic arrangement has also become inevitable in view of up-gradation of 200 additional schools to Higher Secondary Schools along-with creation of 2200 posts which are to be utilized for promotion as one time relaxation in keeping with the SAC decision for conversion of ReTs/RRETs as Teachers Grade-II .
The School Education Department has authorized Director School Education Jammu/Kashmir for engagement of Lecturers on academic arrangement basis for the session-2019. However, in view of the ensuing elections coupled with the likely enforcement of Model Code of Conduct by the Election Commission of India in coming days, the process for engagement of Lecturers is likely to take some more time.
Temporary re-hiring of eligible subject specific Teachers who have rendered their services during the last academic year 2018-19 to run classes in the 110 upgraded schools under RMSA was also approved
The School Education Department proposed re-hiring of these teachers from 11.03.2019 in winter zone schools and 01.04.2019 in summer zone schools upto 30.06.2019 or till the provision of regular teaching staff by the department by way of rationalization, whichever is earlier.
This decision has been taken to ensure continuance of the academic activities in the schools situated mostly in far flung areas and in the larger interest of the student community. The re-hiring is also necessary in view of the likely imposition of Model Code of Conduct.
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