Vacancies exist for eight senior positions within the Central Ministry of Education and the Department of Education, Minister of Education Shaik Baksh informed members of Parliament on Monday.
According to Baksh, vacancies currently exist for the positions of Chief Education Officer, Assistant Chief Education Officer (Nursery), Assistant Chief Education Officer (Primary), Deputy Permanent Secretary (Finance), Principal Assistant Secretary (Finance), Deputy Permanent Secretary (Admin) Principal Assistant Secretary (Admin) and Regional Education Officer (Region Three).
The minister was asked by PNCR MP Amna Ally to provide a list of all the vacant senior positions in which officers of the Department of Education and the Central Ministry were acting. Further she asked how soon these vacancies would be filled.
Baksh said he was unable to say when these vacancies would be filled since appointments and promotions to positions in the public service came under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
