CM Naveen Patnaik exhorts teachers to develop problem solving attitude

By Sukanta Kumar Mohanty

Bhubaneswar, May 17: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday called upon the college teachers to develop problem solving attitude among the students.

Joining the orientation programme by Higher Education Department on virtual platform, the Chief Minister said that Society grows and gets ahead by solving its issues. It is therefore essential to develop a problem solving attitude, especially among the youth. He wished the teachers to help the children, the youth to develop this critical trait among themselves. We need knowledge that solves our problem, and transforms lives, he added.

The Orientation programme was organised at State Convention Centre in Lok Seva Bhawan. As many as 908 lecturers have been selected out of which 639 joined today and the rest will join soon.

Congratulating the new lecturers for the appointment, the Chief Minister said, “You are here by the potency of your education, and also going to make a career in education. So, no understands the importance of education better than you”

The CM further said that with a focus to energise our higher education, his government has launched recruitment drives to fill up vacant teachers posts on a massive scale, both in government and non-government aided colleges.

He added that since 2016, the state has initiated recruitment process for 3768 college teachers, out of which 2320 college teachers have already been appointed in different aided colleges. Similarly, the process is on to recruit 991 lecturers in various Government colleges and Teacher’s Education Institutes.

He also said that process for recruitment of over 1000 Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors in various disciplines in all the state universities has already been started and will be filled up soon.