Shift vacant teacher posts to Kalyana Karnataka region, State govt. urged

Additional Commissioner of Public Instructions writes to Principal Secretary

To improve the quality of teaching as well as to address the disparities in the pupil-teacher ratio in the six districts of the Kalyana Karnataka region, Additional Commissioner of Public Instructions, Kalaburagi Division, Nalin Atul, has written to the Principal Secretary for Department of Primary and Secondary Education stating that the sanctioned teachers posts lying vacant in other divisions be shifted to the Kalaburagi Division. As per sources Mr. Atul, who is not only keen on improving SSLC performance but also strengthening the education quality from the primary classes in the six districts, wrote to the department in January 2021 urging the government to ensure pupil-teacher ratio as well as optimum utilisation of the existing vacant posts of teachers in other divisions by shifting them to the Kalyana Karnataka region to remove disparities in pupil-teacher ratio. The data available with The Hindu shows that the average pupil-teacher ratio in primary government schools in the Kalyana Karnataka region is at 23.02, while the State average is 17.89. There is a glaring gap in the pupil-teacher ratio of Kalyana Karnataka region compared to that of other districts. The ratio of aspirational districts of Yadgir is 27.01 (10 less than the State average) and Raichur 22.87 (five less than the State average).