In this eye-opening episode of Facts & Figures, we uncover the shocking crisis brewing in Uttar Pradesh’s education sector. While elected MLAs enjoy hefty salaries, travel perks, and crores in development funds, lakhs of trained youth with B.Ed and D.El.Ed degrees are sitting jobless, hopeless, and forgotten. Despite over 1.25 lakh vacant teaching posts and thousands of single-teacher schools, the government has stalled hiring for years. What happened to the promised recruitment of 1.93 lakh teachers in May 2025? Why was the official post deleted minutes after it was shared on social media? Why are aspirants forced to sit under 42°C heat to demand a basic right — employment?