India, May 16 -- Gurugram

Around 40 government primary schools in Gurugram district are functioning with only a single permanent teacher, forcing them to not only handle educational issues, but also double up as an administrator and also handle midday meal arrangements for hundreds of students, according to data made available by the district education department.

As per the data, there were around 1,500 teaching vacancies across 363 primary and 210 secondary schools in the district, as of March.

Education department officials acknowledged the shortage, which was also pointed out in a NITI Aayog report titled "SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA: Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap for Quality Enhancement" for the 2024-25 period. The rep...