Chandigarh, Feb. 24 -- As many as 23 teachers have been promoted to the rank of headmaster/headmistress by the UT education department. Among them are six teachers of various categories whose promotion has been done to clear the department's backlog.

UT school education director Harsuhinderpal Singh Brar said the promotions have been done after five years and some of the posts have been filled after 15 years. The department is also set to issue appointment letters to 40 newly recruited special educators, both junior basic teachers (JBT) and trained graduate teachers (TGT).

The letters will be handed over by Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, on Monday.

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