Overview

• Over the last two and a half years, Himachal Pradesh closed 1,200 schools, including 450 with zero enrolments, and merged 750 under-enrolled institutions.
• The government plans to denotify approximately 100 additional schools with no students and merge those with fewer than 25 students in Classes 6–12.
• In a major workforce reform, 778 part-time water carriers were regularized into Class IV posts, and 15,000 teaching positions were sanctioned, with 3,100 more posts soon to be filled.
• Recruitment efforts include the appointment of 6,200 nursery teachers, 700 school lecturers, and 483 assistant professors to address staffing gaps across education levels.
• The Annual Status of Education Report 2025 ranked Himachal Pradesh as the top-performing state in government school reading skills nationwide.