This academic year has witnessed an increase in around 3,000 students in the state-run English medium schools. However, the education board of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has not been able to recruit teachers accordingly. In fact, mid-day found out that the 53 English medium schools are facing an acute shortage of 100 teachers.

Waiting for approval: The education board of PMC has forwarded their request to recruit teachers for English-medium schools to the Mantralaya. File pic