Karnataka: 73 schools in Kanakapura do not have a teacher

More than 397 government schools at both the primary and higher secondary level are running at a deficit of more than 50 percent in terms of filling in the vacancies for the opening of qualified teachers. More than 73 schools in the rural parts of the district are without any teachers and or on the verge of being shut down. 

 Bannimukodlu, Hunasahalli, Hirendyavappanahalli, Hosadurga, Hunasanahalli, Kodihalli, Kolagondanahalli are some of the villages that are bearing the brunt of the faculty shortage. 

4 sub districts have a combined shortage of 61% in terms of recruitment for teaching positions. 

 The shortage is slotted at 73.05% in Kodihalli, 70.02% in Uyyambali, 66.01% in Satanur and 48.09% in Kasaba. Only 296 of the 767 vacancies in the 280 schools have been filled in these regions. Constant transfers and the lack of a recruitment drive for over 7-8 years are the reasons attributed for the state of affairs. 

Somalingaya, district in charge of education for the district expressed his discontentment in a conversation with Prajavani. “Before the latest order was passed, if more than 25% vacancies existed in a region, the question of taking a transfer did not arise. Now the capping has been removed. Anyone having served more than 10 years in a district can avail transfers,” he is quoted to have stated.