33% of posts for PG teachers lying vacant in Haryana

Gurgaon: Over 33% of posts for post-graduate teachers (PGTs) and 29% of posts for trained graduate teachers (TGTs) are lying vacant in the state, revealed a response submitted by the education department to a question raised in the ongoing assembly session.
In a response to a question tabled by Congress MLA Varun Chaudhary, the state education department has noted that over 13,000 posts of PGTs, who teach classes 11 and 12, and 11,000 posts of TGTs, who teach students up to class X, are currently vacant. The Congress MLA has also sought details of the total vacancies from the state government.
The education department has noted that against the requirement of over 39,000 PGT lectures in the state, only 26,000 are currently appointed. Similarly, total sanctioned posts for TGTs are 37,000, but the state government has employed only 26,000.
Responding to the query on the status of the Mewat cadre, the department said that of the sanctioned posts of over 3,500 only 2,500 posts are currently filled. The department further noted that it has initiated the process of filling up these posts and sent a letter to the Haryana Staff Selection Committee for the same.
Meanwhile, the teachers’ unions said that the state government has failed to deliver on its election promise of filling the vacancies. “There’s a tremendous workload on teachers and the government, instead of filling up the sanctioned posts, are closing the schools,” said Dushyant Thakran, district head of Haryana Prathmik Shikshak Sangh.