Tamil Nadu Government Fails to Address Teacher Shortage in Schools
Chennai: The Department of School Education in Tamil Nadu recently announced that it has given permission to appoint new secondary teachers for only 1,500 out of the 8,643 vacant posts in government and local body schools. This decision has raised concerns about the future of government schools in the state.
Founder of Bamaka, Ramadoss, expressed his dissatisfaction with the government’s decision. He stated that the appointment of only 1,500 teachers is insufficient and will not address the growing need for teachers in government schools. Ramadoss also questioned how the schools will progress with such a shortage of teachers.
The Department of School Education has issued an order allowing the appointment of 1,500 secondary teachers, raising the total from the previously approved 1,000 teachers. However, critics argue that this number falls short of the required one lakh teachers needed to improve the quality of education in government schools.
It was also revealed that there are tens of thousands of vacant posts for graduate teachers, despite the government announcing only 3,587 vacant positions last year. This has led to concerns about the quality of education in government schools.
The founder of Bamaka highlighted the impact of the teacher shortage, noting that nearly 97,211 classes across 29,418 schools in Tamil Nadu have no teachers. He also pointed out that 3,800 primary schools in the state have only one teacher to handle five classes, while the remaining schools have an average of 2.5 teachers per school.
Ramadoss emphasized that the quality of education in government schools is at stake due to the large number of vacant teaching posts. He called on the government to urgently address the teacher shortage and fill all the vacant positions in government schools.
The failure to address the teacher shortage in government and local body schools has raised concerns about the future of education in Tamil Nadu. The government’s decision to appoint only 1,500 secondary teachers out of the 8,643 vacant posts has been criticized as insufficient to meet the growing demand for teachers in schools across the state.