Over 36,500 posts of teachers are lying vacant in schools of all levels across Assam, the state Assembly was informed on Wednesday.
In a written reply to a query by AGP MLA Utpal Dutta, Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya said a total of 36,523 teaching posts are vacant at present, including 17,293 posts in primary schools.
Out of these 17,293, he said, 10,137 are in lower primary and 7,156 are in upper primary schools.