As many as 1,606 government-run primary schools in Gujarat were functioning with just one teacher, the state government informed the legislative assembly on Monday.
In a debate during the Question Hour of the ongoing budget session, state Education Minister Kuber Dindor admitted that the number of schools facing a shortage of teachers has increased in the last two years mainly because of the transfer of educators to places of their choice.
While Dindor assured the House that vacant posts in the state-run primary schools would be filled “at the earliest”, Congress MLAs took a strong exception and asked the BJP government to specify the timeframe for filling the posts.