Bhullar hands over appointment letters to 15 JBT teachers
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, January 2-
Punjab cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, on Thursday, handed over appointment letters to 15 JBT teachers, marking the first-ever regular recruitment for these positions in the jail department.
During the appointment letters distribution ceremony here at at Punjab Bhawan, Bhullar informed that these teachers will play a crucial role in educating prisoners and their children and facilitating prisoner's reintegration into mainstream society.
"Previously, these teaching positions were filled through temporary arrangements", said the Cabinet Minister, adding that Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led government has made regular recruitment for the first time in last three dacades. He said that priority has been given to posting newly-appointed teachers near their home districts so that they can perform their duties easily.
The Jails Minister, while providing updates on ongoing recruitment initiatives in the Jail department, said that out of the recently completed recruitment drive, 738 warders and 25 matrons have already joined their duties. Besides this, the recruitment process for 179 posts of guarding staff, including 175 warders and 4 matrons, is currently underway.