Vacancy of over 33 per cent lecturers and 29 per cent TGTs in Haryana

Bhartesh Singh Thakur
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 21  

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There is a vacancy of over 33 per cent lecturers and over 29 per cent Training Graduate Teachers (who teach up to Class 10th) across Haryana.

The facts came to light during a reply by the education department to a question of Congress MLA Varun Chaudhary on Friday.

There is a requirement of 39,289 lecturers in Haryana but only 26,216 are working, as on July 1. There is a vacancy of 13,073, which comes to 33.3 per cent.

Among Training Graduate Teachers (TGTs), there is a vacancy of 11,041 which amounts to 29.3 per cent of the total workload of 37,719 posts. However, despite the higher workload, the sanctioned posts are just 35,454.

In the case of Primary Teachers/JBTs (Mewat cadre), there is a shortage of 28.6 per cent. Against a requirement of 3,562, just 2,544 are working. There is a shortage of 1,018 teachers.

Till July 1, a total of 1,045 posts of principals were vacant out of a sanctioned strength of 2,226, but 711 were filled on August 4. So, 15 per cent are still vacant.

In the case of headmasters of high schools, there were 155 vacancies out of a sanctioned strength of 1,078 on July 1. But 98 were filled on August 12, leaving a vacancy at 5.3 per cent.

There is a shortage of non-teaching staff too in the education department.

At headquarters, there is a shortage of 34.6 per cent, as there are vacancies of 212 against sanctioned posts of 612. In field offices, there is a shortage of 45.8 per cent of non-teaching staff as there are vacancies of 9,423 against sanctioned posts of 20,586.

The government says that it has written to the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) for filling up 3,646 posts of Post Graduate Teachers in various subjects, 2,636 posts of TGTs, and 952 posts of primary teachers for Mewat cadre.

It added that the demand to fill up 6,695 posts of peons has also been sent to Chief Secretary, Haryana.