Ludhiana, April 28 -- In a major relief for government primary schools struggling with staff shortages, as many as 200 newly recruited Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) teachers are finally set to join their duties on Monday. The development comes after the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) lifted a stay order on April 20, that had put their joining on hold for weeks.

Earlier, around 100 ETT teachers had joined their schools on April 4 this year. However, the joining process for the remaining teachers was halted after a petition was filed in the HC.

Monika Rani, who is preparing to join the Government Primary School in Jawahar Nagar, said that the recruitment was part of the 5,994 posts advertised by the Punjab government in 2021. "Out...