Tripura has more vacancies in school teachers' posts against nat'l average
New Delhi, Feb 25, 2025, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, Feb 25: Tripura has higher number of vacancies in teaching posts for grades 1-8 compared to the national average.
As of 2022-23, 16 per cent of teaching posts in the country for grades 1-8 were vacant, but in case of Tripura it was 26 per cent.
This has been revealed in an analysis by think-tank PRS Legislative Research.
It said the vacancies were significantly higher in Jharkhand (40 per cent), Bihar (32 per cent) and Mizoram (30 per cent).
As per NITI Aayog, 36 per cent of government schools in India had fewer than 50 students and nearly 10 per cent had fewer than 20.
"These schools had just one or two teachers. Smaller schools, which usually have few teachers, present several issues. According to the NEP (2020), this leads to teachers teaching multiple grades and subjects, including those subjects they may not be adequately qualified in," said the analysis report released on Tuesday.
"Moreover, teachers spend a large portion of their time attending to administrative tasks, which affect teaching hours. The NEP adds that smaller and isolated schools are difficult to manage. They also lack infrastructure such as labs and libraries," it added.