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- Students at a school, reportedly in the village of Mengalwa in Rajasthan's Jalore district, protested on their campus demanding the appointment of more teachers, saying the PM Shri school has only two first-grade teachers and no second-grade teachers.
- In a video shared by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, a student said the school would remain locked and roads blocked if the demand was not met by 10 AM.
- The protest has drawn wide support on social media, though some users worried students may now protest over unreasonable demands.
- The report links the incident to a Smile Foundation finding that rural India faces a structural teacher shortage, with over 1 million teaching posts vacant nationwide and only 4 of 10 rural students who enter Class 1 completing Class 12.
What to watch next
- Whether the government or education department responds with new teacher appointments at the Jalore school
- Whether the students carry out their threat to lock the school and block roads
- Whether the teacher shortage highlighted by the Smile Foundation report prompts policy action on rural staffing
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