Subject teachers shortage hits rural schools

Repeated advertisements for math, science, and English teachers have failed to attract candidates. Underqualified teachers have filled the gaps.

Musikot Municipality in Gulmi issued a vacancy announcement for a secondary-level mathematics teacher under the federal grant programme not once or twice but 15 times. Each call went unanswered. The education branch of the municipality has also been trying for a year and a half to hire English and science teachers, but the posts remain vacant hitherto.