When the whole country talks about the Gujarat model, the condition of education in Gujarat is getting very bad in the education sector, if you look at the current state of government education in Gujarat, there is a shortage of 40000 teachers in Gujarat, out of which 1606 schools are run by only one teacher, 50385 school rooms are dilapidated, there is a shortage of 19128 rooms, not only that, but the teachers are entrusted with the responsibility of 14 non-academic tasks of children's education. Effect is taking place. 1. Shortage of teachers There are 1,92,043 teachers from Kindergarten to Class 8 in the Primary Education Department of Gujarat State. Out of which there is currently a shortage of 23,659 teachers. In which there are 15,341 teachers from Balwatika to Class 5 and 8,318 teachers from Class 6 to 8. Also, there is a shortfall of 7,324 teachers in secondary, out of which 31,337 have been sanctioned. Similarly, out of 24,416 sanctioned teachers in higher secondary, 8,033 posts are currently vacant. Thus, there is a shortage of 15,357 teachers out of a total of 55,753 teachers in government and granted secondary and higher secondary schools. Thus, there is a shortage of about 40 thousand teachers. There are 33,339 government schools in the state. In which 50,57,477 students in class 1 to 8, 1,85,090 students in class 9 to 12 are currently studying in government schools of the state and 52,42,567 students are studying. Against which only 1.73 lakh teachers are performing duty. Out of 25 thousand, 10 thousand teachers will be recruited by the government. 2. 5.3 percent schools run by one teacher 1606 primary schools in Vibrant Gujarat are running with only one teacher. Around 50 thousand students are studying in these schools. How will the level of education improve if a school has one teacher to teach students from class-1 to class-8 in Gujarat, among one-teacher schools, 17 in Ahmedabad, 102 in Bharuch, 29 in Botad, 283 in Chotaudepur, 20 in Dahod, 10 in Dang and 8 schools in Gandhinagar are run by one teacher. Seeing that, Education Minister Dindor himself admitted in the Assembly that 5.3% of the total schools in the state have only one teacher. 3. Dilapidated schools 50385 classrooms in 6895 schools of Gujarat are dilapidated out of which 7599 schools are running in paper sheds. According to the information received from the education department of the government, 21,910 of the total 6,895 schools in Gujarat were in a dilapidated condition and 28,475 rooms needed repairing. In which a total of 1524 tenders have been released by the government for repairing schools and rooms. In which as many as 757 tenders have been passed by the government. Of which a total of 9667 rooms of 3267 schools have been made new and 20,899 rooms have been repaired. Thus, according to the plan of the government, 9667 rooms will be prepared completely new. While 20,899 rooms will be repaired. While 21,910 rooms of total 6895 schools in Gujarat will be completely new and 24,475 rooms will be repaired. 4. In 2018 schools were given computers but no internet More than two thousand government schools in Gujarat do not have internet facility. No internet facility in 2018 government school in gujarat. In Gujarat, during the period 2005-06 to 2022-23, 7199 schools were given permission to set up computer laboratories, as a result computers in many schools are gathering dust. Box packs were not opened in many schools, computer teachers were not recruited, finally, the new computers bought with a grant of crores of rupees were discarded some time ago and sold at a scrap price through the Gujarat government company Gujarat Informatics Ltd. 5. Non-teaching burden on teachers Even though there is a shortage of teachers in Gujarat, teachers are assigned 14 different non-academic government jobs in addition to studies, from Corona to counting MNREGA workers in Gujarat, from election work to cattle counting. 14 non-academic activities for teachers 1. Motivation of family welfare sterilization cases 2. Census 3. Calculation of child labour 4. Distribution of photo identity card operations related to election 5. Cattle count 6. Literacy 7. Literacy 8. Relief work 9. Survey of Excavations 10. Economic Survey of Weaker Sections 11. Polio vaccination 12. Malaria pill distribution 13. Other surveys 14 Major investment operations to achieve small savings targets 6. Side effects of stress Due to heavy load on the teacher, the course cannot be completed on time. Also children do not get quality education. Children's basic foundation remains weak, and children have to prepare the curriculum themselves. Failure rate of students increases if the course is not completed on time. Also, due to lack of teachers, students avoid going to school.
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