NEW DELHI: Of the 59,409 posts in Delhi government schools , just 33,569 are filled with regular teachers . The remaining 25,840 are either with guest teachers (15,402), or with contract teachers recruited under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (2,792) or are completely vacant -- 7,646. Delhi Government submitted these figures on teachers' appointment in an affidavit in High Court on Thursday.The case itself pertains to the state of a government school running in temporary structures in Khasra No. 1910 of Bhati Mines . Attempts to intervene have been complicated by the school’s location on forest land. The government had to submit details of teaching posts, vacancies and guest-teacher appointments across Delhi.In one interesting case, the government affidavit states that at Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya , Peeragarhi, 57 of its 59 sanctioned posts are vacant. The remaining two have guest teachers. The situation is certainly dire in some schools. Data in the affidavit shows that the girls school in Karawal Nagar has 80 vacancies; GGSSS 2 in Tukhmirpur has 63; and Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Gokalpur, 62. There are at least a dozen schools with over 20 vacancies for which there aren’t even guest teachers. But SBV Peeragarhi, says one of its senior teachers -- having more than two -- isn’t one of them. “Our school was bifurcated this year. We got about 1,600 students and about 50 teachers,” he says. The school was bifurcated -- that is, an older co-educational school was split into two, morning and evening shifts, by gender. SBV Peeragarhi got the boys -- 1,617 of them -- and some teachers from the morning school, almost immediately. “But these teachers’ IDs are still registered with the morning school and they’re drawing their salary from it. We got our posts sanctioned in July 30 -- which is when it’s generally done -- but the teachers are yet to shift on paper. We don’t want to rush things and will be careful about all posts, even clerical ones,” he says. Consequently, the affidavit data for the parent school, SKV Peeragarhi, shows 76 "filled" posts against 34 sanctioned ones -- an surplus of 42.The final round of “post-fixation” is done in July because under the Right to Education Act, admissions continue through the year. The admission into secondary level is completed by July 30 and that’s the roll-strength the department considers while sanctioning posts.Status of teaching posts in Delhi Government schools:No. of Schools: 1024Teaching posts: 59,409Regular teachers: 33,569Guest teachers: 15,402Vacant posts: 10,438Assistant teachers and TGTs under SSA: 2,792Vacancies after including SSA teachers: 7,646