Monday, 16 October 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The department of Women Empowerment and Child Development (WECD) has completed the selection process of 150 Anganwadi workers and 17 mini Anganwadi workers for the post of supervisor. The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will hand over the appointment letters to the selected Anganwadi workers on October 22, said the WECD minister Rekha Arya.
She said that it was the first time the department formed an online merit list on the basis of the applications received for the supervisor posts online to keep the whole selection process completely transparent. She said that there were initially 114 vacancies for the post of supervisor for Anganwadi workers and 17 vacancies for mini Anganwadi workers last year. However, due to decision pending in some petitions related to the vacancies filed in the Uttarakhand High Court, the department decided to fill the similar posts vacant till June 2023 through a similar selection process. Due to this, there were now a total of 172 vacant posts to fill. However, the five positions will remain as per the High Court order due to a writ petition filed in the court regarding the educational qualifications required to fill those positions.
The department will start the process to fill these posts only after the court’s final order, said Arya. She said that it was a long standing demand of Anganwadi workers which is now being fulfilled by the State government. The government values the contribution of Anganwadi workers in mountainous and urban areas and is consistently working for their development and welfare, she added.
