School Education and Literacy Minister Madhu Bangarappa Photo Credit: File photo
59,772 teacher posts are vacant in Karnataka, School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa informed the Legislative Assembly on December 19.
In response to a starred question by BJP member K Gopalaiyah, the minister said 50,067 posts in primary schools and 9,705 posts in high schools are vacant. Currently, 165,618 teachers are working in the department.
In response to a question that the teachers were appointed by the outsourcing agency, the minister said that there were no outsourced teachers. However, 35,000 guest teachers have been appointed in primary schools and 8,968 guest teachers in high schools.
Regarding the steps taken to fill the vacant posts, the minister said, in 2022, recruitment notification was issued to fill the posts of 15,000 graduate teachers and 13,352 candidates were found eligible for the posts. The government had ordered the appointment of 12,521 eligible candidates. The case regarding the issuance of appointment orders to the remaining candidates is in the Supreme Court.
On October 7, 2024, the Government of Karnataka issued approval to appoint 4,882 teachers for primary schools and 385 for high schools located in seven districts of Kalyan Karnataka.
published – December 19, 2024 at 03:34 pm IST