Primary and Secondary Education MInister S. Madhu Bangarappa on Monday assured the Legislative Council that a meeting will soon be convened to decide on filling up vacant posts in aided secondary schools and pre-university (PU) colleges that have been created due to retirement, death and resignation after December 2015.
Responding to BJP members, who demanded that the vacant posts in these institutions be filled up immediately, the Minister said before 2015, there were 3,794 and 1,396 vacancies in these schools and colleges, respectively. “Additional posts have fallen vacant from 2016 and we will consider filling them up as per rules,” he said.
Quoting the government’s written reply to his question, BJP’s Shashil G. Namoshi, said since December 2015, there are 4,783 and 2,159 vacancies in aided secondary schools and PU colleges, respectively, due to retirement, death and resignation. “Why have these posts not been filled so far? How can the schools run with so many vacancies,” he asked.
