India, June 17 -- LUCKNOW The state government has approved the regularisation of 3,346 posts in District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) across all 70 districts of the state, converting them from temporary to permanent positions with retrospective effect from August 2, 2016.

The decision was conveyed through a government order issued by the basic education department on on Tuesday. The order, signed by additional chief secretary Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, stated that the governor had approved the regularisation of various posts under the Directorate of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Lucknow.

DIETs serve as the state's primary teacher-training institutions and function under SCERT.

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