Yadgir’s backwardness taken up for discussion during quarterly KDP meeting

Yadgir district's education sector challenges discussed in Karnataka Development Programme meeting, highlighting issues and proposed solutions.

Yadgir district’s backwardness, mainly in the education sector, was taken up for discussion during a quarterly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting here on Friday.

The meeting was chaired by Minister for Small Industries and Public Enterprises and district in-charge Sharanabasappa Darshanapur. All three MLAs from Yadgir, Gurmitkal and Shorapur and Leader of Opposition in the Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy were present.

The data provided by officers shows that the district has to achieve more in many sectors with concrete programmes and effective implementation by the government.

The district has 1,065 primary and high schools run by the Education Department. As many as 1,61,167 students have enrolled for the year and a total of 7,174 teachers posts has been sanctioned.

However, 3,804 teachers are working, while 3,370 posts are lying vacant. And, the officers are managing the primary section through 2,700 guest teachers. But there are still 670 posts in the high school section vacant and officers have been forced to run classes with the help of guest teachers.

In addition, a total of 6,037 classrooms are available in 1,065 schools. But out of the 6,037 classrooms, 833 classrooms need major repairs, while 652 classrooms need minor repairs. As many as 4,552 classrooms are in good condition.

The situation in the pre-university section is different. A total of 23 government PU colleges are functioning in the district, with 19,356 students enrolled in first and second pre-university classes.