Port Blair, Dec. 6: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma on 3rd December 2019 raised the issue of shortage of Principle, Vice Principal and Teachers in Education Department of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Parliament.
The Member of Parliament said that though there are 329 Government schools in the Islands out of which there are 46 Govt Senior Secondary Schools and only nine posts of Principals have been filled in so far. He has also stated that out of 182 Primary schools only 46 posts of Head masters have been filled up.
It is very surprising that since 2013 no post of Principal has been filled in whereas since 2017 no post of Head master has been filled. In the remote Islands where small children go for study, if they don’t have head of teaching staff how the education system will run perfectly.
The MP has also stated that slogan of the Government is “BetiBachaoBetiPadhao”, “SabkoShikshakaadhikarhai” and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands there remain acute shortage of Principal, Head Master and Teaching staff and informed the Parliament that in these Islands there are lots of CTET passed unemployed teachers, who can be accommodated to these vacant posts for which immediate remedial action need to be taken. The Minister of State for Home Affairs has assured to look in to the matter.