Punjab’s government senior secondary schools are grappling with a severe shortage of school principals, with Mansa, Barnala, Moga and Sangrur being the worst hit, revealed the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF). Teachers’ Front data: Max principal posts vacant in Mansa, Barnala, Moga govt senior secondary schools As per the DTF, an association representing teachers of primary and secondary schools, Mansa tops the list of districts with 82% posts vacant, followed by Barnala with 76% vacancies. In Moga, 56 (66.6%) of the 84 positions are vacant. The situation is no better in Sangrur, the home district of chief minister Bhagwant Mann, where 57 out of the 95 posts of principal are vacant. Statewide, a whopping 44% of the posts of principal need to be filled, the teachers’ front further revealed. 9 blocks have no principal at all The DTF also made another alarming revelation that nine education blocks — Moonak (Sangrur), Garshankar-2 (Hoshiarpur), Sultanpur and Bhulath (Kapurthala), Saroa (Nawanshahr), Valtoha (Tarn Taran), Shahkot and Noormahal (Jalandhar), and Ajnala-2 (Amritsar), have no principal at all. In Bathinda 82 …