40K posts of teachers vacant in Haryana

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 21

About 40,000 posts of principal, head master, postgraduate teacher (PGT), trained graduate teacher (TGT), and primary teacher (PRT) are lying vacant in government schools of Haryana.

5K sweepers, peons for 14,000 schools

12,408 sweepers, peons and watchmen are needed in govt schools, but only 5,746 are available. There are 14,473 govt schools in the state having a strength of 25.31 lakh students.

As on October 31, the recruitment for 26,704 posts in different departments was pending before the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) and for 1,070 positions before the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC). Some posts haven’t been filled since 2015.

Stating this during the Question Hour today, Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar informed the Vidhan Sabha that a total of 39,797 posts of teachers, including 20,467 TGTs and 13,974 PGTs, were lying vacant. There is a requirement of 46,861 TGTs, but only 26,394 are available. Of the total sanctioned posts of 39,808 PGT, 35.1 per cent haven’t been filled yet. There are 1,843 principals against the requirement of 2,341.

As many as 959 headmasters are available against the required strength of 1,071.

There are 35,759 primary teachers in government schools, 4,846 posts are yet to be filled. The vacancies have been calculated by including 12,156 guest teachers. Similarly, 437 posts of lecturers in various subjects, for which the advertisement was issued this year, haven’t been filled.

In reply to one of the questions, the state government said the recruitment for 26,704 posts had been pending with HSSC. While 14 posts of junior coaches in cycling and swimming have been pending since 2015, 29 similar posts in other disciplines have been vacant since 2018. As many as 1,646 fire operator-cum-drivers in the Urban Local Bodies Department haven’t been recruited since 2018.

Also, 1,307 posts of assistant lineman, 1,100 of canal patwari, 1,373 of post-graduate computer teachers, and 1,584 of staff nurses have been filled since 2019. The recruitment of constables — 5,500 men and 1,100 women — have been pending since 2020.

Eight posts of district fisheries officer, five posts of district welfare officer in the SC and BC Department and 20 posts of senior scientific officer in the Home Department are lying vacant since 2016.

Also pending is the recruitment for 256 posts of HCS (judicial branch) and 155 posts of HCS (Executive Branch), the advertisements for which were carried out in January and February.