Govt identifies 80,000 'ghost' teachers using Aadhaar

The Human Resource Development Ministry has identified around 80,000 'ghost' teachers in various colleges and universities after the introduction of Aadhaar. The ghost teachers have been identified in some state and private universities and not central universities, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said. They use proxy methods and are apparently teaching at multiple places full-time, he added.