A total of 3300 academic assistants will be recruited soon and 1300 teaching assistants for grade first to fifth and 2000 teaching assistants for grade sixth to eighth.  Education Minister Jitubhai Waghan said that under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, in the interest of the youth of the state, the education department has taken an important decision to start a new course in Diploma in Information and Communication Technology at eight government polytechnics. This decision will help make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream of a Digital India a reality. The Minister added that in these eight polytechnics, Government Polytechnic-Vadnagar, Dr. JN Mehta Polytechnic-Amreli, LE College (Diploma) -Morbi, AVPTI are included Apart from that, Rajkot, Government Polytechnic-Palanpur, Government Polytechnic for girls Surat, Government Polytechnic-Gandhinagar and Governm

Author-Dr.Aishwarya Nair