Over 10 lakh vacancies for this Job

Hyderabad, July 31: Over 10 lakh teacher posts are vacant in primary and secondary schools across the country. Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha informed Parliament today that out of a total of 51,03,539 sanctioned posts for teachers at the elementary level, 9,00,316 posts are lying vacant.

Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states and union territories with a maximum number of vacant posts at the elementary level while Jammu and Kashmir top the list with the maximum number of vacancies at the secondary level, according to data compiled till March 31, 2017.

Sikkim (8,092 sanctioned posts), Odisha (2,29,006 sanctioned posts) and Goa (5694 sanctioned posts) are the places where there are no vacant spots for teachers at the elementary level.

Replying to a question, he cited that out of a total of 6,85,895 sanctioned posts at the secondary level, 1,07,689 posts are lying vacant.

Out of 25,657 sanctioned posts for teachers at the secondary level, 21,221 posts are lying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir. It is followed by Bihar where out of 48,468 sanctioned posts, 17,154 seats are lying vacant.