UPSC selects 334 candidates for vacant principal posts in Delhi govt schools
Twenty-nine positions could not be filled due to non-availability of suitable candidates in different categories | 424 Delhi schools have been running without a principal for a long time.
As many as 424 Delhi government schools have been running without a principal out of a total sanctioned strength of 475. The vacant positions stood at 56 and rose to 241 in 2014-15, and further went up to 424 in 2022. (Representational image) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Thursday recommended 334 candidates out of 363 vacant posts of principals in various Delhi government schools for which a recruitment test was conducted last week and interviews were held between January 30 and March 2.
Twenty-nine positions could not be filled due to the non-availability of suitable candidates in different categories, sources said.
As many as 424 Delhi government schools have been running without a principal out of a total sanctioned strength of 475. The vacant positions stood at 56 and rose to 241 in 2014-15, and further went up to 424 in 2022.
“Consistent push by the Lt Governor V K Saxena to fill up the long-pending positions of principals in Delhi government schools, ever since he took over and proactive pursuance by the Chief Secretary thereof, has finally led to the selection of 334 candidates for the posts of principal by UPSC,” said sources at the LG House.
They said that the position of principals is critical for the administration and academic performance of the schools. These posts had been lying vacant for a long time and it is expected that with the vacancies filled now, the related issues would be sorted.
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