Lok Sabha Question No. 2106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Teacher’s Vacancies in Rajasthan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  DECEMBER, 2018

## Teacher's Vacancies in Rajasthan

## †2106.SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a) whether it is true that as per the Right to Education forum more than five lakh posts of teachers are vacant in India including Rajasthan whereas about 6.6 lakh teachers require training;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  vacant  positions  of  teachers  and  principals  in  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  and Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country including Jalore; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to fill up these vacancies?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a) to (d): States and UTs including Rajasthan have reported vacancy of 5,30,252 teachers in their Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) for year 2018-19.  Number of vacant posts of teachers in States and UTs are at Annexure.

In Kendriya Vidyalayas 474 posts of Principals/Vice Principals and 8,467 posts of teachers as on 01 st November, 2018 and in Navodaya Vidyalayas 128 posts of Principals and 2,218 posts of teachers as on 30 th September, 2018 are vacant across the country including Jalore, Rajasthan.

The  recruitment,  service  conditions  and  deployment  of  teachers  are  regulated  by  the  respective State/UT Government.  Ministry of Human Resource Development has advised all the State Governments for  filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of  teacher  and  their  rational  deployment  including  in  rural  areas.  The Central  Government  through  erstwhile  scheme  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  at  elementary  level provided  assistance  to  the  State  Governments  and  UTs  for  additional  teachers  to  maintain  appropriate pupil teacher ratio as per the RTE norms.

Proviso to section 23 (2) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009  has  been  amended  vide  RTE  (Amendment)  Act,  2017,  to  enable  the  appropriate  Government  to ensure that every teacher appointed or in position as on 31 st March, 2015, who does not possess minimum qualifications  as  laid  down  by  the  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE),  acquires  the qualifications by 31 st March, 2019.  The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has been entrusted to conduct this training through ODL (Open Distance Learning) mode. 13,78,935 number of teachers from private, government and government aided schools have registered for the course.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2106 FOR REPLY ON 24 TH  DECEMBER 2018 ASKED BY SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL REGARDING `TEACHER'S VACANCIES IN RAJASTHAN'

Statement showing State/UT-wise details of vacant post of regular teachers

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Vacant posts of teachers in State/UT |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | A &NIslands       |                                    423 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                  14677 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                    186 |
| 4         | Assam             |                                  11972 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                                  82378 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                                    432 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |                                  24304 |
| 8         | D. &Nagar Haveli  |                                     92 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu        |                                    216 |
| 10        | Delhi             |                                   4871 |
| 11        | Goa               |                                      0 |
| 12        | Gujarat           |                                      0 |
| 13        | Haryana           |                                  13551 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   1995 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                   5014 |
| 16        | Jharkhand         |                                  24214 |
| 17        | Karnataka         |                                   5154 |
| 18        | Kerala            |                                      0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep       |                                     50 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                  31967 |
| 21        | Maharashtra       |                                  20748 |
| 22        | Manipur           |                                      0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya         |                                      0 |
| 24        | Mizoram           |                                      0 |
| 25        | Nagaland          |                                      0 |
| 26        | Odisha            |                                      0 |
| 27        | Puducherry        |                                    665 |
| 28        | Punjab            |                                   6908 |
| 29        | Rajasthan         |                                  23242 |
| 30        | Sikkim            |                                      0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu        |                                   6011 |
| 32        | Telangana         |                                   3784 |
| 33        | Tripura           |                                   3844 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 227725 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand       |                                   4555 |
| 36        | West Bengal       |                                  11274 |
|           | Total             |                                 530252 |

Sources: AWP&B-2018-19, Information provided by the state/UTs and PAB-2018-19 minutes.