Over 5,000 posts of master and 3,500 posts of lecturer are lying vacant in government schools
Staff crunch, lack of infrastructure and obsolete teaching material. This sums up the state of affairs in the education sector in the border district.
Elementary education is in dire straits with 1,030 posts of teachers and headmasters lying vacant. As against the sanctioned strength of 3,657, teachers and headmasters, only 2,627 teachers are available. In all, there are 866 elementary schools in the district. Of these, two are being run from rented buildings and six either from gurdwaras or village land, said District Education Officer (Elementary) Jaspal Singh.
However, there are a number of elementary schools in rural areas that are being run from dilapidated buildings and many do not have boundary walls. Insiders say there are several one-teacher schools.
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