Lok Sabha Question No. 265 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Shortage of Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LALLU SINGH, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 265 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## Shortage of Teachers

## †*265. SHRI LALLU SINGH: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)  whether  there  is  a  shortage  of  teachers  in  schools  and  if  so,  the  details  of  vacant  posts  of teaching staff including PGT, TGT and Special Educators in all the schools, State/UT-wise along with the reasons behind such large vacancies;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  modify  the  recruitment  procedure  so  as  to  ensure quality teaching staff and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the quality of teachers?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 265 FOR ANSWER ON 05.12.2016 REGARDING 'SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS' ASKED BY SHRI LALLU SINGH AND SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

- (a) Overall vacancy of Government teachers at Elementary level is 17.51 % and at Secondary Level  is  14.78%.  The  reasons  for  shortage  of  teachers  are  lack  of  regular  recruitment schedule,  non-sanctioning  of  posts,  lack  of  effective  teacher  deployment,  lack  of  subject specialist  teacher  in  certain  areas,  and  small  school  size  which  affects  teacher  distribution across  schools.  The  details  of  the  vacant  post  of  the  teacher  in  Elementary  schools  is  at Annexure-I and  in  Secondary  Schools  is  at Annexure-II. The  status  of  vacant  posts  of special  Educators  approved  under  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  is  at Annexure - III .
- (b) The recruitment and service conditions of Government teachers are primarily in the domain of  respective  State  governments and UT Administration. The Central Government through the flagship programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) at elementary level and Secondary level provides assistance to State/UT government for additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of schooling. Central Government regularly takes up the issue of filling up of vacant teacher posts and redeployment of teachers with the State/UT government.
- (c) Under section 23(1) of Right to Education Act 2009, the Central Government has notified National  Council  of  Teacher  Education  (NCTE)  as  the  academic  authority  to  lay  down minimum qualification for a person eligible to become an elementary teacher. Additionally, the appropriate authority is also mandated to conduct the Teacher Education Test (TET) to ensure that qualified persons enter the teaching profession. Further, under SSA and RMSA, various  type  of  training  programme  have  been  introduced  to  improve  quality  of  teachers which  includes in-service teacher training to Headmasters/Principal, Master Trainers Training, Training of Key Resource Persons, Induction Training of Teachers, Headmaster's/Principals Professional Development/ Management and Leadership training of Headmasters & State Resource Groups (SRGs).

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 265 ASKED BY SHRI LALLU SINGH AND SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, HON'BLE  MPs  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  05.12.2016  REGARDING  'SHORTAGE  OF TEACHERS'.

Status on Teachers at Elementary Level as on 31.03.2016

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs          |   Sanctioned Post |   Working |   Vacancies | %of Total Vacancies   |
|-----------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | A &NIslands         |              3763 |      3361 |         402 | 10.68%                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      |            147139 |    127671 |       19468 | 13.23%                |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |             13505 |     12722 |         783 | 5.80%                 |
| 4         | Assam               |            201691 |    162169 |       39522 | 19.60%                |
| 5         | Bihar               |            592539 |    388889 |      203650 | 34.37%                |
| 6         | Chandigarh          |              5340 |      4108 |        1232 | 23.07%                |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        |            241965 |    198865 |       43100 | 17.81%                |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |              1804 |      1630 |         174 | 9.65%                 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu          |               601 |       542 |          59 | 9.82%                 |
| 10        | Delhi               |             56622 |     42490 |       14132 | 24.96%                |
| 11        | Goa                 |              5753 |      5753 |           0 | 0.00%                 |
| 12        | Gujarat             |            225720 |    200879 |       24841 | 11.01%                |
| 13        | Haryana             |             70090 |     58159 |       11931 | 17.02%                |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    |             49578 |     46852 |        2726 | 5.50%                 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir      |            101301 |     89468 |       11833 | 11.68%                |
| 16        | Jharkhand           |            192200 |    118407 |       73793 | 38.39%                |
| 17        | Karnataka           |            233092 |    213606 |       19486 | 8.36%                 |
| 18        | Kerala              |            126382 |    124999 |        1383 | 1.09%                 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep         |               739 |       681 |          58 | 7.85%                 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh      |            363099 |    299248 |       63851 | 17.59%                |
| 21        | Maharashtra         |            302083 |    288226 |       13857 | 4.59%                 |
| 22        | Manipur             |             18826 |     18462 |         364 | 1.93%                 |
| 23        | Meghalaya           |             22623 |     21750 |         873 | 3.86%                 |
| 24        | Mizoram             |             12508 |     11373 |        1135 | 9.07%                 |
| 25        | Nagaland            |             16968 |     16651 |         317 | 1.87%                 |
| 26        | Odisha              |            229006 |    229006 |           0 | 0.00%                 |
| 27        | Puducherry          |              3889 |      3365 |         524 | 13.47%                |
| 28        | Punjab              |             95513 |     73173 |       22340 | 23.39%                |
| 29        | Rajasthan           |            283416 |    245894 |       37522 | 13.24%                |
| 30        | Sikkim              |              7769 |      7769 |           0 | 0.00%                 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu          |            163649 |    147944 |       15705 | 9.60%                 |
| 32        | Telangana           |             97507 |     84458 |       13049 | 13.38%                |
| 33        | Tripura             |             34300 |     33002 |        1298 | 3.78%                 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       |            759898 |    585232 |      174666 | 22.99%                |
| 35        | Uttarakhand         |             46053 |     38377 |        7676 | 16.67%                |
| 36        | West Bengal         |            454860 |    369025 |       85835 | 18.87%                |
|           | Total               |           5181791 |   4274206 |      907585 | 17.51%                |

Source: AWP&B 2016-17

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 265 ASKED BY SHRI LALLU SINGH AND SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, HON'BLE MPs TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016 REGARDING 'SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS'.

## Vacant Post of Subject Teachers in Govt. Secondary Schools (Under State Government) in 2016-17

| SL. No   | States/UTs          |   Teacher Sanctioned |   In-Position |   Vacant |   Vacant Post in% |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------|----------|-------------------|
| 1        | A &NIslands         |                  832 |           793 |       39 |              4.69 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |                61793 |         56737 |     5056 |              8.18 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                 1725 |          1665 |       60 |              3.48 |
| 4        | Assam               |                43230 |         41557 |     1673 |              3.9  |
| 5        | Bihar               |                47622 |         30437 |    17185 |             36.09 |
| 6        | Chandigarh          |                 2452 |          1996 |      456 |             18.59 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |                24210 |         17194 |     7016 |             28.98 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                  360 |           290 |       70 |             19.44 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |                  267 |           162 |        5 |              1.87 |
| 10       | Delhi               |                15110 |         13772 |     1338 |              8.86 |
| 11       | Goa                 |                  436 |           338 |       98 |             22.48 |
| 12       | Gujarat             |                 2392 |          1669 |      803 |             33.57 |
| 13       | Haryana             |                18135 |         17288 |      847 |              4.67 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    |                 9461 |          9094 |      367 |              3.88 |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir   |                17772 |         13728 |     4044 |             22.75 |
| 16       | Jharkhand           |                22604 |          6391 |    16213 |             71.73 |
| 17       | Karnataka           |                42915 |         38360 |     4555 |             10.61 |
| 18       | Kerala              |                18471 |         17213 |     1258 |              6.81 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep         |                  101 |            59 |       42 |             41.58 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh      |                52402 |         46813 |     5589 |             10.67 |
| 21       | Maharashtra         |                 9016 |          8706 |      187 |              2.07 |
| 22       | Manipur             |                 2832 |          2126 |      706 |             24.93 |
| 23       | Meghalaya           |                  523 |           472 |       51 |              9.76 |
| 24       | Mizoram             |                 1866 |          1866 |        0 |              0    |
| 25       | Nagaland            |                  942 |           738 |      204 |             21.66 |
| 26       | Odisha              |                29173 |         27384 |     1789 |              6.13 |
| 27       | Puducherry          |                 1303 |          1149 |      154 |             11.82 |
| 28       | Punjab              |                29187 |         25021 |     4205 |             14.41 |
| 29       | Rajasthan           |                68789 |         59000 |     9789 |             14.23 |
| 30       | Sikkim              |                  885 |          1207 |        0 |              0    |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu          |                56355 |         52345 |     4010 |              7.12 |
| 32       | Telangana           |                43746 |         40602 |     3144 |              7.19 |
| 33       | Tripura             |                 6371 |          4195 |     2176 |             34.15 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh       |                14187 |          7093 |     7094 |             50    |
| 35       | Uttarakhand         |                18850 |         15507 |     3343 |             17.73 |
| 36       | West Bengal         |                57877 |         54537 |     3340 |              5.77 |
| Total    | Total               |               724192 |        617504 |   106906 |             14.78 |

Source: AWP&B-2016-17 and Information from states

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 265 ASKED BY SHRI LALLU SINGH AND SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, HON'BLE MPs TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016 REGARDING 'SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS'.

## DETAILS OF SPECIAL EDUCATOR AS PER RMSA PAB 2016-17

| S.No.   | States/UTs             |   Total No. of Approval |   Total No. in Position |   Total No. of Vacant Post |
|---------|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1       | A &NIslands            |                       3 |                       0 |                          3 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         |                     860 |                       0 |                        860 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      |                       0 |                       0 |                          0 |
| 4       | Assam                  |                      57 |                      35 |                         22 |
| 5       | Bihar                  |                     572 |                       0 |                        572 |
| 6       | Chandigarh             |                      10 |                       6 |                          4 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh           |                     146 |                       0 |                        146 |
| 8       | Dadra And Nagar Haveli |                       4 |                       1 |                          3 |
| 9       | Daman And Diu          |                       4 |                       4 |                          0 |
| 10      | Delhi                  |                     576 |                     210 |                        366 |
| 11      | Goa                    |                      36 |                       2 |                         34 |
| 12      | Gujarat                |                    1125 |                    1125 |                          0 |
| 13      | Haryana                |                     470 |                     300 |                        170 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh       |                      36 |                      18 |                         18 |
| 15      | Jammu And Kashmir      |                     201 |                       0 |                        201 |
| 16      | Jharkhand              |                     131 |                       0 |                        131 |
| 17      | Karnataka              |                     408 |                      71 |                        337 |
| 18      | Kerala                 |                     865 |                     725 |                        140 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep            |                       5 |                       0 |                          5 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh         |                      51 |                       0 |                         51 |
| 21      | Maharashtra            |                    1668 |                       0 |                       1668 |
| 22      | Manipur                |                      49 |                      49 |                          0 |
| 23      | Meghalaya              |                      30 |                       0 |                         30 |
| 24      | Mizoram                |                      45 |                      45 |                          0 |
| 25      | Nagaland               |                       0 |                       0 |                          0 |
| 26      | Odisha                 |                       0 |                       0 |                          0 |
| 27      | Puducherry             |                      12 |                       0 |                         12 |
| 28      | Punjab                 |                     166 |                      20 |                        146 |
| 29      | Rajasthan              |                     326 |                     115 |                        211 |
| 30      | Sikkim                 |                      23 |                       4 |                         19 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu             |                     412 |                     160 |                        252 |
| 32      | Telangana              |                       0 |                       0 |                          0 |
| 33      | Tripura                |                       0 |                       0 |                          0 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh          |                     311 |                     311 |                          0 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand            |                      95 |                      36 |                         59 |
| 36      | West Bengal            |                     483 |                      08 |                        475 |
|         | Total                  |                    9180 |                    3245 |                       5935 |