BENGALURU: Now that the campus classes have been returned for all grades, some private schools are facing an acute shortage of teachers.
Schools and institutions hit hard pandemic forced to close for more than one-and-a-half years.
Teachers bear the burden.
Many quit after their pay cut while others were laid off.
Schools say many have been moved to other professions and places, and employ the same staff back near impossible.
“When it hit the pandemic and parents stop paying the fees, many schools can not afford to pay their teachers,” said D Shashi Kumar, secretary of the Association of Primary and Secondary School Management Karnataka.
“Many professions change.
Some of them moved back to their hometown and are not willing to come back.
There is already a shortage of qualified teachers even before hitting the pandemic, and the situation has become worse now.
” Teachers take on another job, from data entry operator for beauty and online tutors and new applications for online education.
The most severe shortage of math and science instruction, said the school.
“One of my teachers became a beauty,” said Natesh Kumar MN of Gurukul International School.
“He said he got some wedding program a month, she got a tidy sum.
Another move to become a manager at a brick manufacturer.
He returned to his hometown and did not want to go back.
Getting either an experienced hand is a challenge right now.
” Schools have a lot of ads, but they say the gifted teacher hard to come by.
“We have issued advertisements in many newspapers.
Many are applying either do not have the experience, or their language skills are poor, “said Srinivasa Rangalakshmi, principals, Basaveshwara Educational Institute.
“Teachers who leave the profession who is passionate about teaching but sad and depressed if the school can not pay them after the point.
Now, they do not want to go back.
It is a sad situation.
” It is not only teachers but other staff also were in demand.
“The bus driver is also in demand.
When the school buses stopped plying, they moved to other transportation services such as courier or taxi, “said BR Suprit, secretary of the Oxford Institute, Ullal.
“Although the school wants to rehire them, many of them even do not want to return because they fear another wave Covid-19 infection will hit their livelihood.
They would prefer to wait and see.
” Currently, the school manages the existing teachers.
“As the number of students who came in a little, a lot of schools are able to manage,” said Shashi Kumar.
Srinivasa said, “We asked the teachers are there to manage all classes.” Maya Menon, founder director, Teacher Foundation, said the acute shortage rampant among middle-level schools (in terms of budget), while some high-end schools are also facing problems.
“In the latter case, the teachers have got comfortable taking lessons online from home.
Because they have acquired technological skills, they are being achieved by technology companies ed.
In the case of secondary schools, it is the case of financial desperation and urgency, “he said.