Lok Sabha Question No. 1970 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Vacant Posts of Principals
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1970 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016

## Vacant Posts of Principals

## 1970. DR. UDIT RAJ:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data of Government aided schools in different States/UTs of  the  country  including  NCT  of  Delhi  where  the  post  of  Principal  is  lying  vacant  at present;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  fill  these  vacancies  through  promotion  of  existing teachers, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE)  2015-16  Flash Statistics,  11,432  Government  aided  Secondary  Schools  across  the  country  are  without  Head Masters/ Principals including 82 in Delhi. The State / Union Territory-wise detail is attached as Annexure.
- (b) & (c) Under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), there is no provision to support Head Masters/ Principals of Government Aided Secondary Schools. Positioning/ filling up of vacancies of Head Masters/ Principals in the Government Aided Secondary Schools falls within the purview of State/ Union Territory concerned.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1970 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016 ASKED BY DR. UDIT RAJ REGARDING "VACANT POSTS OF PRINCIPALS"

## State-wise details of vacancies of Headmasters/ Principals in Government Aided Secondary Schools as per UDISE 2015-16

| S. No.   | States/UTs          |   No. of Aided Secondary Schools |   Headmasters/ Principals |   No of Schools without HM/Principals |   %Schools without HM/Principals |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | A &NIslands         |                                2 |                         0 |                                     2 |                          100     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |                              457 |                        50 |                                   407 |                           89.059 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                               30 |                        17 |                                    13 |                           43.33  |
| 4        | Assam               |                              915 |                       867 |                                    48 |                            5.25  |
| 5        | Bihar               |                               70 |                        34 |                                    36 |                           51.43  |
| 6        | Chandigarh          |                                7 |                         7 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |                              100 |                        53 |                                    47 |                           47     |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                4 |                         4 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |                                4 |                         3 |                                     1 |                           25     |
| 10       | Delhi               |                              186 |                       104 |                                    82 |                           44.09  |
| 11       | Goa                 |                              302 |                       255 |                                    47 |                           15.56  |
| 12       | Gujarat             |                             5173 |                      4413 |                                   760 |                           14.69  |
| 13       | Haryana             |                              203 |                       119 |                                    84 |                           41.38  |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    |                                0 |                         0 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir   |                                0 |                         0 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 16       | Jharkhand           |                              204 |                        92 |                                   112 |                           54.9   |
| 17       | Karnataka           |                             3812 |                      1738 |                                  2074 |                           54.41  |
| 18       | Kerala              |                             1425 |                      1425 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 19       | Lakshadweep         |                                0 |                         0 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh      |                              287 |                       145 |                                   142 |                           49.48  |
| 21       | Maharashtra         |                            14672 |                     11659 |                                  3013 |                           20.54  |
| 22       | Manipur             |                               98 |                        37 |                                    61 |                           62.24  |
| 23       | Meghalaya           |                              674 |                       538 |                                   136 |                           20.18  |
| 24       | Mizoram             |                              131 |                       119 |                                    12 |                            9.16  |
| 25       | Nagaland            |                                0 |                         0 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 26       | Odisha              |                             3035 |                      1816 |                                  1219 |                           40.165 |
| 27       | Puducherry          |                               29 |                         4 |                                    25 |                           86.207 |
| 28       | Punjab              |                              370 |                       106 |                                   264 |                           71.351 |
| 29       | Rajasthan           |                                0 |                         0 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 30       | Sikkim              |                                3 |                         3 |                                     0 |                            0     |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu          |                             1769 |                      1321 |                                   448 |                           25.33  |
| 32       | Telangana           |                              277 |                        35 |                                   242 |                           87.36  |
| 33       | Tripura             |                               34 |                        27 |                                     7 |                           20.59  |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh       |                             4735 |                      2775 |                                  1960 |                           41.39  |
| 35       | Uttarakhand         |                              381 |                       232 |                                   149 |                           39.11  |
| 36       | West Bengal         |                               67 |                        26 |                                    41 |                           61.19  |
|          | Total               |                            39456 |                     28024 |                                 11432 |                           28.97  |

Source: U-DISE-2015-16 Flash Statistics