Haryana training minister Mahipal Dhanda on Wednesday mentioned 298 authorities colleges within the state had been functioning with no everlasting instructor whereas 1,051 had just one such instructor.
In a written assertion pertaining to an unstarred query, the training minister knowledgeable the meeting through the ongoing funds session that 21.55 lakh college students had been enrolled in authorities colleges of the state throughout 2025-26 educational session, out of which 7.94 lakh belong to Scheduled Caste (SC).
The training division furnished this info in response to a query by Congress MLA Pooja, who represents Mullana reserve meeting section. The MLA additionally wished to know the variety of authorities colleges not having everlasting instructor or just one everlasting instructor and the current teacher-student ratio.
“There are 298 authorities colleges within the state having no common instructor and 1,051 authorities colleges have just one everlasting instructor. The federal government is making honest efforts to supply training to the scholars of those colleges by making inside adjustment of lecturers,” learn the written reply of the training minister.
Dhanda said that a few of the steps taken included periodic rationalisation of instructing employees based mostly on enrolment and prescribed Instructor-Pupil Ratio (TPR) to make sure equitable distribution of lecturers.
On-line switch drives to facilitate clear and need-based posting of lecturers in deficit colleges, filling vacant posts by promotion and common recruitment by the Haryana Workers Choice Fee and Haryana Public Service Fee had been amongst different steps being taken to take care of the difficulty.
Lecturers had been additionally being engaged by the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN), wherever crucial, to make sure that educational actions will not be adversely affected in colleges going through short-term shortages, the minister said.
As per the reply, the teacher-student ratio was 27:1 in main colleges (Courses 1-5), 18:1 in center colleges (Courses 6-8) and 22:1 in secondary (Courses 9 and 10) and senior secondary courses (Courses 11 and 12).
CM SHRI colleges on anvil
The training minister additionally shared that on the traces of PM Shri colleges, the state authorities will quickly begin CM Shri colleges, which is able to comply with the CBSE sample.
He mentioned training division had reserved 25% seats on the entry-level courses in non-public colleges for college kids belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Deprived Teams (DG).
Final 12 months, 14,127 such purposes had been obtained for admission in non-public colleges beneath the Proper to Training (RTE) Act, out of which 11,803 profitable candidates had been allotted non-public colleges, the training minister mentioned.
He added that for admission beneath RTE, the annual household revenue have to be lower than ₹1.80 lakh.
