The Basavaraj Bommai government has given approval for recruiting 15,000 teachers at the state-run schools.
This includes 10,000 graduate teachers for grades 6 to 8, and 5,000 teachers for Kalyana Karnataka region. An official notification for the recruitment will be issued soon, said Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh.
Currently, the state government schools are functioning with 23,000 guest teachers. The government has also permitted to hire 4,000 more guest teachers to overcome the shortage.
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