Prayagraj, May 8 -- In a bid to address the shortage of teachers in 2,635 government-run secondary schools across Uttar Pradesh, retired officers, qualified professionals and former teachers will be encouraged to serve as guest teachers on a purely voluntary and free-of-cost basis.

Officials said the state's secondary education director, Mahendra Dev, submitted a proposal on April 8. This was followed by a meeting on April 20, chaired by the additional chief secretary to the chief minister Yogi Adityanath, where directions were issued to prepare village-wise, block-wise and district-wise lists of all retired teachers and eligible staff. A senior official in the secondary education department stated that interested personnel will be engag...