70 thousand posts of teachers are vacant in government schools of MP, guest teachers are recruited after the surplus

Big news regarding teachers in Madhya Pradesh.

Highlights

1275 schools without teachers, 6,858 schools dependent on one teacher. 28,815 surplus teachers in urban areas, shortage in rural schools. 1.10 crore students in 1.22 lakh schools, quality education difficult.

Naiduniya representative, Bhopal. Due to the shortage of teachers in the state, the condition of education in government schools is very bad. There are about 70 thousand vacant posts in schools. There are 1275 schools where there are no teachers. There are 6,858 schools which are running on the strength of only one teacher. They teach all the subjects to the children. In such a situation, one can easily guess what quality of education is being given here.

In the government schools of the state, teachers are transferred from one place to another every year. A list of surplus teachers is prepared and it is claimed that they will be sent to schools where there are no teachers. The situation is that while there is a shortage of teachers in government schools of some districts, there are 28,815 surplus teachers in schools in urban areas.

Due to the shortage of teachers, teaching work is not possible as per the National Education Policy. This has been revealed by the data uploaded on the education portal. 30 thousand teachers have been recruited in 5 years, but that too is not enough. In such a situation, it is difficult for the students of the state to get quality education. 1 crore 10 lakh students are studying in 1 lakh 22 thousand schools in the state.

There are no teachers even in schools of big cities

Schools in the big cities of the state are also without teachers. These include 7 schools in Bhopal, 18 in Gwalior, 16 in Indore and 15 in Jabalpur. In 43 schools of Bhopal, one teacher is teaching classes from first to fifth.

These are the shortcomings in the government schools of the state

Number of schools without teachers 1275 Number of schools with one teacher 6858 Number of surplus teachers 28,815 School toilets in bad condition 11,000 Schools have no electricity 36,000 Schools have no playground 32,000 Schools have no boundary wall 1500

Schools in these 10 districts are without teachers

Singrauli – 111 Rewa – 84 Shivpuri – 76 Chhatarpur – 56 Vidisha – 56 Satna – 52 Sagar – 43 Sehore – 40 Khandwa – 40 Damoh – 37

There is one teacher in the schools of these 10 districts

Shivpuri – 420 Satna – 413 Rewa – 409 Vidisha – 351 Singrauli – 281 Dewas – 273 Sagar – 271 Rajgarh – 244 Mandsaur – 213 Chhatarpur – 202

Bhopal has the highest number of surplus teachers among urban areas. The city has 1036 surplus teachers. It is followed by Gwalior- 1038, Indore- 1131, Sagar- 1145, Satna- 1094, Jabalpur- 700, Bhind- 929, Balaghat- 925, Dewas- 801, Rewa- 965, Rajgarh- 948 and Bhind- 929.

The status of teachers

Number of primary teachers- 1.40 lakh, vacant posts of primary teachers- 20 thousand, number of secondary teachers- 61 thousand, vacant posts of secondary teachers- 50 thousand

Guest teachers will get a chance

Dr. Sanjay Goyal, Secretary, School Education Department said that surplus teachers will be sent to those districts where schools are teacherless or have only one teacher. After that guest teachers will be appointed on the vacant posts.