Lok Sabha Question No. 287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Teaching Posts
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.287 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## TEACHING POSTS

## 287.   SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER: SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether a large number of teaching posts are lying unfilled in KVs throughout the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of permanent faculty currently working and number of contract teachers, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the Government  proposes  to  take  immediate  steps  to  fill  up vacancies of permanent faculty and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the contract teachers are paid out of Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi; and
- (e) whether  contract  teachers  are  often  laid  off  during  academic  year  due  to shortage of fund and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) As  on  1.11.2017,out  of  47092  sanctioned  posts  of  teachers  (including Principals, Vice Principals and Headmasters) 7389 posts are lying vacant in various Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country.
- (b) The State/UT-wise details of the permanent faculty currently working and the contractual teachers engaged by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) are annexed.
- (c) Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and action is taken from time to  time  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  relevant  recruitment  rules.  Teachers  are  also engaged  on  contractual  basis  for  temporary  durations  by  KVS  to  ensure  that  the teaching-learning  process  is  not  hampered.  KVS  has  informed  that6255  posts  of teaching  staff  and  200  posts  of  Principal  have  been  filled  up  through  direct recruitment  and  Limited  Departmental  Examination  respectively,  during  the  year 2017.Offers  of  appointments  have  been  issued  by  KVS  to  1274  candidates  for

various posts of teachers. Action has also been initiated by KVS for filling up 4293 teaching  posts  through  Limited  Departmental  Examination  and  546  vacancies  of teaching posts in the North Eastern Zone. (d) The remuneration to the contractual employees is generally to be booked to the  budget  allocation  under  Grants-in-Aid  (General).  However,  in  situations  of inadequacy of funds, KVS has paid them out of Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi. The services of contractual teachers are liable to be discontinued when not required. However, KVS has not reported any case of contractual teachers  having

(e) been discharged due to shortage of funds.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 287 RAISED BY SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER & SHRI M.B. RAJESH, HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  18 th   DECEMBER  2017 REGARDING TEACHING POSTS

## STATE /UT- WISE DETAILS OF TOTAL NUMBER OF PERMANENT TEACHERS CURRENTLY WORKING AND CONTRACTUAL TEACHERS ENGAGED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

| SL.NO.   | NAME OF STATE/ UT              |   No of permanent teachers |   No of contractual teachers |
|----------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Madhya Pradesh                 |                       3289 |                          456 |
| 2        | Gujarat                        |                       1332 |                          165 |
| 3        | Daman & Diu (UT)               |                         12 |                            5 |
| 4        | Dadar& Nagar Haveli (UT)       |                         26 |                           13 |
| 5        | Karnataka                      |                       1542 |                          397 |
| 6        | Odisha                         |                       1551 |                          316 |
| 7        | Goa                            |                        138 |                           65 |
| 8        | Maharashtra                    |                       1876 |                          384 |
| 9        | Punjab                         |                       1688 |                          216 |
| 10       | Chandigarh (UT)                |                        292 |                            6 |
| 11       | Uttar Pradesh                  |                       5186 |                          290 |
| 12       | Tamilnadu                      |                       1442 |                          532 |
| 13       | Puduchery (UT)                 |                         97 |                           50 |
| 14       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) |                         76 |                           31 |
| 15       | Uttarakhand                    |                       1423 |                          162 |
| 16       | Delhi (UT)                     |                       3469 |                          152 |
| 17       | Kerala                         |                       1528 |                          228 |
| 18       | Lakshadweep (UT)               |                         19 |                            2 |
| 19       | Haryana                        |                       1098 |                           36 |
| 20       | Himachal Pradesh               |                        619 |                           51 |
| 21       | Assam                          |                       1329 |                          580 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                      |                       2391 |                           72 |
| 23       | West Bengal                    |                       1881 |                          544 |
| 24       | Sikkim                         |                         18 |                           13 |
| 25       | Bihar                          |                       1566 |                          161 |
| 26       | Chhattisgarh                   |                        842 |                          222 |
| 27       | Tripura                        |                        171 |                           75 |
| 28       | Meghalaya                      |                        159 |                           66 |
| 29       | Mizoram                        |                         63 |                           24 |
| 30       | Manipur                        |                        140 |                           83 |
| 31       | Arunachal Pradesh              |                        210 |                          166 |
| 32       | Nagaland                       |                         75 |                           52 |
| 33       | Andhra Pradesh                 |                        904 |                          257 |
| 34       | Telangana                      |                       1059 |                          194 |
| 35       | Jammu & Kashmir                |                        862 |                          248 |
| 36       | Jharkhand                      |                        995 |                          151 |
|          | TOTAL                          |                      39703 |                         6465 |