Members of both the Opposition and ruling parties in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday demanded that the State government take immediate steps to recruit teachers in primary and high schools and construct sufficient classrooms for ensuring quality education in government schools.
In reply to questions, Minister for School Education and Literacy B.C. Nagesh said a process for recruitment of 15,000 teachers was on and tests were conducted on May 21 and 22. About 47,000 teacher vacancies exist in the State. Guest teachers had been appointed for teaching different subjects for primary and secondary schools.
