Over 5,000 MP govt school teachers posted to offices despite recall orders

The Story in Brief

Over 5,000 government school teachers in Madhya Pradesh remain attached to various government offices despite directives from the Commissioner of Public Instructions and district administrations to end the practice. The School Education Department ordered the recall of 213 attached teachers and later instructed all district education officers, in a video conference, to identify and recall more attached staff. Departmental sources say resistance in several districts, and a lack of interest from some collectors and senior officials, has slowed implementation. Schools face staff shortages because teachers have spent years on administrative attachments instead of classroom teaching.

A number of teachers are posted in the State Secretariat, MLAs’ offices, collectors’ and SDM offices, the Textbook Corporation, PWD and other institutions. The report lists cases including attachments dating from 2009, 2022 and 2024-2025, and names several teachers and their postings. In Bhopal the district education officer issued an order on July 7 relieving 47 teachers, of whom only 11 joined their schools, and the Collector’s office issued a July 16 order relieving 30 employees after a July 8 directive cancelling attachments.

The Indian Opinion

The article presents a large figure and several named cases, but it does not set out how long-term attachments were authorised or the reasons given by offices that resisted recalls. Some commentary around such stories can suggest deliberate favouritism or administrative neglect; readers should note the report documents orders and actions taken by the department and by Bhopal authorities, yet details on authorisations, approvals or the administrative rationale are missing. Given those gaps, it is reasonable to treat the scale of the problem as significant while acknowledging uncertainty about causes and responsibility until more official explanations are published.

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