India, Jan. 5 -- The state school education department on January 3, 2026 issued an official government resolution (GR) approving 4,860 sports teachers' posts at the central- or cluster- school level across Maharashtra. The move intends to strengthen sports education within the public school system, and has been taken in line with revised staffing norms notified by the department.

As per the GR issued on January 3, one sports teacher's post has been sanctioned per group resource centre or central school. As per an earlier GR dated August 21, 2025, a restructuring exercise was carried out resulting in the state currently having 4,860 group resource centres or central schools in operation. This made it possible to formally create an equal ...