ahmedabad the state education department has decided to discontinue the practice of appointing visiting teachers in grantinaid schools that face a shortage of teaching staff instead the department will recruit 26500 gyan sahayaks or assistant teachers on a fixed payaccording to a notification issued by the education department 15000 assistant teachers will be hired for primary schools with a monthly salary of rs 21000 additionally 11500 assistant teachers will be recruited for secondary and higher secondary schools the secondary assistant teachers will receive a monthly pay of rs 24000 while those recruited for higher secondary schools will be paid rs 26000 per month the duration of employment for these fixed pay positions has not been specified by the education department indicating that the teachers will remain employed until new fulltime positions are filledfurthermore the education department plans to hire 5075 khel sahayaks or physical education assistant teachers for primary secondary and higher secondary schools offering a fixed monthly pay of rs 21000eligibility for these positions will be determined based on the teachers eligibility test tet for primary schools teachers aptitude test secondary for secondary schools and teachers aptitude test higher secondary for higher secondary schools interested candidates will need to apply for the position following which the department will release a merit list and make the final selection from the pool of candidatescandidates applying for khel sahayak positions will have to undergo a competitive exam called the sports aptitude test sat the education department will select candidates based on merit eligibility to take the sat includes holding a certificate in physical education diploma in physical education bachelor of arts or science in yoga or a bachelor of physical education degreethe sat question paper will consist of 100 marks with multiplechoice questions carrying one mark each to pass the exam candidates will need to score a minimum of 50 marks the state education department is expected to announce the exam date in the coming days