The Math of 10 Lakh Teacher's Vacancy and 4 Lakh Excess Teachers

Astonishing figures have confounded the government itself. The HRD ministry informed the parliament recently and it also concluded that India has 4 lakhs of excess teachers at school level.

Confused to hear such figures? Well the government itself is confounded by its report wondering why such mismatch in figures. According to the data provided by the HRD ministry in the Lok Sabha , as of 30th July 2018 there are 9,00,316 vacancies in elementary schools and the number of vacancies in secondary schools.

The State which has the most number of vacancies is Uttar Pradesh; close to its heels is Bihar. West Bengal Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan also feature at the wrong end of the list. The data also shows that in certain regions there are just one or two teachers in a school while in some schools they have excess teachers.

While the government is trying to figure out the mismatch, the HRD ministry has contemplated to make it mandatory to carry out a demand and supply analysis every year which hasn’t been done in years.

By: Madhuchanda Saxena

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