Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria handed over appointment letters to 40 special educators during an event organised at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, on Monday.

The newly appointed educators include 22 trained graduate teachers (TGTs) and 18 junior basic training (JBT) cadre special educators. These posts were created by the Government of India in 2019, and officials confirmed that this marks the first-ever regular appointments for special educators in the UT.

The ceremony was part of Samavesh Utsav, an initiative aimed at mainstreaming children with special needs (CWSN) as per the Inclusive Education component of the National Education Policy (NEP). During the event, a...