The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has announced a fast-track initiative to fill the 34,106 vacant head teacher positions across 65,569 government primary schools. Currently, only 31,396 head teachers are in service against an approved quota of 65,502 posts.

Of the vacant positions, 2,647 are eligible for direct recruitment. Excluding the 10% quota reservation, 2,382 posts will be filled through fresh appointments. The Public Service Commission (PSC) is expected to issue a recruitment notice soon. Once civil appeal cases regarding nationalized teachers are resolved, 31,459 assistant teachers will also be promoted to head teachers.