Education Minister Brijmohan Agarwal informed the State Assembly that a total of 2,467 posts of principals were lying vacant in 1,954 high schools and 1,928 higher secondary schools of the State. In a written reply to a question raised by Congress member Padma Ghanshyam Manhar, the minister said that there were 3,882 approved posts of principals in high schools and higher secondary schools in the State.
Out of the 3,882 posts, 369 were filled up in high schools and 1046 in higher secondary schools. There are 1585 posts of principals vacant in high schools and 882 in higher secondary schools, the minister informed.
The process of direct recruitment of principals was underway but it would be difficult to provide a timeframe that when the posts would be filled up, he said.
Replying to another question raised by Congress member Nandkumar Patel, the minister said that there were 31 posts of lecturers approved for Home Science subject in higher secondary schools out of which 18 have been filled up and 13 are vacant.
There is no approved post for lecturer in Social Science subject and the process of recruitment for lecturers for Home Science subject is underway. No time frame could be provided on when the posts would get filled up, Agarwal said.
In reply to another question by Congress member Mahant Ramsundar Das, said that there were a total of 67 Sanskrit schools operating in the State out of which eight are government funded and 58 are non-government school.