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Around 10,187 government primary schools and 4,895 government upper primary schools in the state have only one teacher each. This will help ease the staff crunch and increase competition among teachers to perform better.”In 2013, Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party government had raised the retirement age for school teachers from 60 to 62.According to reports, Uttar Pradesh has 7,59,958 teaching positions in primary and upper primary government schools. However, only 5,85,232 teachers are serving in these institutions at present. Meerut: In an attempt to address the crippling staff shortage in primary and upper primary schools across the state, Uttar Pradesh government has decided to increase the retirement age of state and national award winning teachers in government schools from 62 to 65.According to officials from the education department, at least 36 teachers are rewarded every year at the state and national level for their exemplary work.In a statement, Anupama Jaiswal, minister of state (independent charge) for basic education, said, “The Uttar Pradesh government has decided that award-winning primary and upper primary school teachers will be able to continue in service till the age of 65..