BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Thursday issued a notification for regularisation of junior teachers (schematic), engaged in primary and upper primary (UP) schools.

As per the notification issued by the School and Mass Education department, the government has regularised the junior teachers (schematic), engaged during the 2023-24 academic year through due recruitment process and continuing in service as assistant teacher in level-V(A) of the elementary cadre.

Such junior teachers (schematic) will be deemed to have been regularised with effect from the date of their joining. The teachers will be allowed notional benefits up to December 31, 2025, while they are eligible to regularise salaries and other allowances from January 1, 2026, the department notification stated.

As it is, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had last month approved regularisation of over 13,000 contractual/schematic junior teachers in all government and government-aided schools of the state in 2023-24.