In Bihar, the Nitish Kumar government on Friday doubled the honorarium of cooks, night watchmen and physical education and health trainers working in government schools. This announcement has been made at a time when there are some months left for the assembly elections in the state.
Chief Minister Kumar said in a post on X, “Cooks, night watchmen and physical education and health trainers have played an important role in strengthening the education system in the state. Keeping this in mind, we have decided to double their honorarium and doubled them.”
He informed that the cooks working under the mid -day meal program will now get Rs 3,300 per month instead of Rs 1,650. The honorarium of the night watchdog has been doubled to Rs 10,000 per month.
He said that the honorarium of physical education and health trainers has been doubled to Rs 16,000 per month and their annual increment has been increased from Rs 200 to Rs 400.
The Chief Minister said, “This will increase the morale of the employees working and will discharge his duties with more enthusiasm and dedication.”
Kumar said that since the formation of his government in 2005, he has been working continuously to improve the education system.
He said, “The total education budget in the year 2005 was Rs 4,366 crore, which has now increased to Rs 77,690 crore. Significant improvements have been made in the education system through the development of a large number of teachers, construction of new school buildings and development of infrastructure.”
