jaipur with another 450 schools recently being upgraded to mahatma gandhi englishmedium schools teachers are once again raising the issue of lack of teachers who can teach in english the state now has nearly 2700 mahatma gandhi englishmedium schoolsfor englishmedium schools you need teachers who have studied in english medium but those who usually go for these jobs in government schools have only studied in hindi medium how then will these new schools work asked vipin prakash sharma senior vice president of rajasthan primary and secondary education teachers associationhe further said that if the state government properly develops englishmedium schools then it will be able to save money that is given to private schools approximately rs 15 crore annually under right to education rte as quality education will then be available at the government school itselfthe state government has been converting government schools to mahatma gandhi englishmedium schools but first they need to ensure resources the rte process has been put on hold because if children go to private schools under rte then who will come to study in the governments englishmedium schools sharma said the state education department has been finding it difficult to hire teachers for englishmedium schools as eligible teachers are in short supply the basic criterion set by the department is that these teachers must be from englishmedium schools and be fluent in spoken english but most applicants are without these qualificationsit is an irony that the state has englishmedium schools but the teachers there are from hindimedium schools even though hiring of teachers on contract basis has started there are still not enough teachers as those who are eligible do not apply for such vacancies amid all this the students suffer said narayan singh regional spokesperson of rajasthan shikshak evam panchayati raj karamchari sangh