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Vacant teacher posts in primary, high schools a major issue in education sector in Yadgir
Vacant teacher posts in both primary and high schools are a major drawback for the education sector in Yadgir.
The district has been facing a shortage of teachers for many years now in both government primary and high schools and the State government has to take immediate steps to fill vacant posts to improve results and remove the educationally backward district label attached to Yadgir.
According to data provided by the Education Department for 2024-25, a total of 2,689 teacher posts are vacant in primary schools and 697 in high schools.
The district has a total of 924 primary schools, of which 285 are in Shahapur, 348 in Surpur and 291 in Yadgir. There are 5,626 sanctioned posts, of which just 2,751 posts have been filled, while 2,683 remain vacant.
The details of sanctioned posts, working posts and vacant posts in primary schools are as follows: 1,789 posts have been sanctioned for Shahapur, of which 858 are filled and 931 posts remain vacant.
In Surpur, 2,097 posts are sanctioned, 953 posts filled and 1,144 posts are vacant. In Yadgir, 1,740 posts are sanctioned, 940 filled and 800 remain vacant.
There are 141 high schools in the district. A total of 1,548 teacher posts are sanctioned, of which 852 posts are filled and 696 posts vacant.
Of the 479 sanctioned posts for Shahapur, 262 posts have been filled and 217 posts remain vacant. In Surpur, 564 posts are sanctioned, 283 posts are filled and 281 posts remain vacant. In Yadgir, 505 posts are sanctioned, of which 307 posts are filled and 198 posts remain vacant.
The district has been labelled the most backward in the education sector after no significant improvement was seen in SSLC results.
'Leaving teaching posts vacant at the primary level will automatically cause acute damage at the high school level. It is difficult to digest the district's poor performance every year,' Kannada activist Sharanu Gadduge said.
The Education Department has now been forced to run classes with guest teachers. 'We have written to the department in detail about sanctioned, working and vacant teacher posts and requested it to take steps to recruit teachers. The government has to take the necessary steps,' Deputy Director of Public Instruction C.S. Mudhol told The Hindu.
