India, Oct. 27 -- Ahead of the state government's 'Sikhya Kranti' programme in government schools from October 27 to November 3, the Democratic Teachers' Front (DTF), Punjab, has flagged a 50.28% vacancy in principal posts in Ludhiana, where 91 of the 181 sanctioned posts are lying vacant, questioning the government's claims of an education revolution.

Under the programme, the government is set to organise activities across government schools, including the inauguration of infrastructure development works. However, the teachers' body maintained that the government's claims of transforming school education stood in contrast to the thousands of vacant posts across the state. State president of DTF Digvijaypal Sharma and secretary Harjit Si...