MP high court seeks state’s reply on 'teacherless' government schools
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the state government following a plea regarding 1,895 government schools operating without any teachers. The petition highlights systemic issues, including uneven teacher distribution and administrative negligence, and requests a high-level committee to address these gaps.
Why it matters
This case highlights critical failures in public education infrastructure and the potential violation of children's constitutional right to education.
NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh high court has issued notice to the state government on a plea alleging that nearly 1,900 government schools in the state are running without a single teacher.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal took up the case on July 14 and ordered notice to be issued to the respondents, making it returnable within four weeks, as per a report by LiveLaw.The plea was filed by advocate Saurabh Tripathi, who argued the case himself. It is based on a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, which looked at 66,814 government schools in Madhya Pradesh between 2018 and March 2023. According to the plea, this audit found that 1,895 schools — including 1,379 that had students enrolled — had no teachers at all.The plea also says teachers have been posted unevenly across the state.
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