Pune Zilla Parishad schools have completed the appointment of 524 teachers in two phases, helping address vacancies in rural schools across the district. The latest round saw 129 teachers receive appointments through the counselling process conducted on November 3, according to a report by Lokmat – Pune.
The appointments were carried out through the Pavitra portal, the platform used for the recruitment process. In the first phase, 395 teachers were appointed to vacant schools on September 17, 2026. The district administration subsequently received another 140 teachers for the second phase, of whom 129 were assigned schools through counselling.
The district had earlier reported 593 vacant teaching posts to the state government through a recruitment advertisement. In the first phase, 436 teachers became available to the Zilla Parishad. Of these, 395 were appointed to schools, while the remaining staffing position is not detailed in the supplied report.
With the latest appointments, the district has completed the recruitment and school-allocation process for 524 teachers. The appointments are expected to reduce the shortage of regular teachers in rural Zilla Parishad schools, where vacancies can affect classroom continuity and the ability of schools to provide instruction across subjects.
Pune district education officer Lalita Dahitule said the appointments would help students receive regular and quality education. She said the availability of teachers would strengthen the academic environment in schools and contribute to improving students’ educational performance.
Zilla Parishad vice-president Vivek Walase Patil said the administration was prioritising the timely completion of teacher appointments so that rural students could access better-quality education. He described teachers as central to students’ learning and said the 129 teachers made available in the second phase should join their allotted schools at the earliest.
The recruitment process is part of the district administration’s effort to fill vacant posts and improve the functioning of Zilla Parishad schools. The supplied report does not specify how many vacancies will remain after the 524 appointments or when all newly appointed teachers are expected to formally join their assigned schools. The next operational step is the joining of the teachers at their allotted schools.
