Over 5.5 lakh teaching posts in primary schools vacant: govt

Over 5.5 lakh of the 33.08 lakh sanctioned posts of primary teachers in government schools across the country are vacant, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, in a written reply to a question on primary education, told the House that 5.56 lakh or 16.82 per cent of the total sanctioned posts in schools across states and union territories were vacant as on March 31.
Replying to another question, he gave details as per which out of 16,823 sanctioned teaching posts (2,386 professors, 4,747 associate professors and 9,690 assistant professors) in various central universities under University Grants Commission (UGC), 5,983 posts were vacant.

Among the vacancies as on June 30 are posts of 1,284 professors, 2,185 associate professors and 2,514 assistant professors.
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Javadekar also informed the House that the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous body under UGC which evaluates 'quality status' of a higher educational institution, has revised its grading system.
NAAC, he said, has informed that it has reviewed and revised its grading system from a four-grade system to a seven-grade system.
More number of letter grades within the same cumulative grade point average (CGPA) range will lead to further differentiation in quality of accredited institutions, the minister said.