Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday presented permanent appointment letters to 23,959 contractual and state pool teachers, calling it a milestone in the government’s efforts to provide more than one lakh jobs in the state.
The appointment letters regularising the contractual and state pool teachers were for those teaching at the upper and lower primary levels.
“The promise of one lakh jobs fulfilled. Assam has achieved another milestone. In 2021, we came to power promising 1 lakh government jobs. Today, with the handover of 23,956 appointment letters, Assam has offered 1,24,345 jobs till date,” he wrote in a post on X.
He said the state government aims next to create 50,000 more jobs by May 2025, to take the total number of jobs given to 2 lakh.
“Each of these jobs have been given without a single instance of corruption,” he said.
The promise of delivering one lakh jobs is a key focus of the Himanta Biswa Sarma government.
According to government figures, 4,779 candidates had been selected by the end of 2021, 35,130 had been recruited in 2022, 55,593 in 2023, and 4,887 were recruited until August 26 this year.
