Agartala : Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha today said that the present state government is working to fill up the vacant posts. He also said, the government is opening special coaching centres for students.
Dr. Saha said this while addressing an event- distribution of offer of appointment under Education (School) and Health and Family Welfare departments at Muktadhara Auditorium today.
“222 appointment letters were given. We have appointed them through transparency and in the coming days also we will do this. Due to their hard work, they made success. After joining the work, they must give concentration on state and central government schemes and how to implement them so that people would be benefited. We must work for the people,” he said.
Dr. Saha, who is also the Education and Health Minister of the state, said that so far 19,484 jobs were provided, including die-in-harness.
“If anyone got a job, this is a happy moment for a family. We can understand how a job or employment is necessary for a family. The present state government is working to fill up the vacancy. We must listen to public grievance and have to solve them. We are also trying to create new employment opportunity. Over 5,700 jobs have been given through outsourcing. In the 2024-25 financial year, under National Career Service, around 305 persons got jobs,” he said.
Dr. Saha also said that the unemployment rate has significantly declined—from 10% in 2018-2019 to 1.7% in 2023-24 financial year.
“This signifies we are on the right track and we are fulfilling the promises of providing employment. PM Modi has always said government servants need proper training and you, the newly recruited, will also undergo training for capacity building. In 2022, PM Modi declared Viksit Bharat by 2047. Tripura is the only state where E-office started from Cabinet to Panchayat level in a very short time. Now all files are being digitised and for that it will be maintained properly and can be stored in a proper way,” said Dr. Saha.
He said that the government has done many more things for Education starting from implementation of the National Education Policy, NCERT curriculum started, Super 30 introduced for the betterment of education and students.
“We have decided to open coaching centres in every sub-division on science and English. Some bindings are there. More new general degree colleges are being opened, competitive exam centres also being opened,” he added.
Education Special Secretary Raval Hamendra Kumar, Director Secondary and Elementary N.C. Sharma, in-charge Director Family Welfare and Preventive Medicine Dr. Anjan Das, Director of Health Services Dr. Tapan Majumder, Additional Secretary Health Rajib Datta were also present.
