PRAYAGRAJ, June 8 -- In a bid to address the acute shortage of teachers in secondary schools, the Uttar Pradesh secondary education department is considering introducing online classes and open schooling modules in government-run and government-aided institutions across the state.

The proposed intervention is aimed at ensuring uninterrupted teaching in key subjects such as mathematics, science, computer science and commerce, where vacancies have persisted for years due to the absence of large-scale teacher recruitment, confirm officials.

The teacher shortage has significantly impacted academic activities in 2,635 government-run and 4,512 government-aided secondary schools across UP. Many institutions have been struggling to provide subj...