Lok Sabha Question No. 1953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Vacancies of Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1953

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2018

## Vacancies of Teachers

## 1953: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

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

- (a)  the total number of vacant posts of TGT and PGT teachers in various States of the country including Delhi, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether it is mandatory for the candidates having 70 percent or more marks to qualify Central Teaching Eligibility Test(CTET) or the recruitment would be on the basis of percentage of marks and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the reasons for not conducting entrance exams for CTET teachers from the year 2014-15 till now;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  recruit  on  the  basis  of  percentage  of marks in B.Sc(B.Ed) and B.A(B.Ed) and discontinue CTET;
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (f)  whether the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) has to decide to discontinue CTET completely and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a): The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers come under the purview  of  the  concerned  State/Union  Territory(UT)  Government.    The  state-wise vacancies  of  the  teachers  at  elementary  and  secondary  level  including  Delhi  is  at Annexure.

(b) & (c): As per NCTE notification No. 76-4/2010/NCTE/Acad dated 11.02.2011, a person who scores 60% or more in the CTET examination will be considered as CTET pass. CTET Examination was conducted in 2014, 2015, February, 2016 and September, 2016.  Due to administrative reasons CTET could not be held in 2017.

(d) to (f):        There is no such proposal.

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## Status of Vacant Posts of Teachers

|        |                     | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   | Elementary Level   | Secondary Level   | Secondary Level   | Secondary Level   |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl.No. | State/UT            | Sanctioned Post    | In- Position       | Vacancies          | Sanctioned Posts  | In- Position      | Vacancies         |
| Sl.No. | State/UT            | Total              | Total              | Total              | Total             | Total             | Total             |
| 1      | A &NIsland          | 3169               | 2957               | 212                | 782               | 782               | 0                 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh      | 148785             | 135830             | 12955              | 1,543             | 1,543             | 0                 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 14062              | 13638              | 424                | 30245             | 26385             | 3860              |
| 4      | Assam               | 204607             | 184502             | 20105              | 45156             | 40278             | 4878              |
| 5      | Bihar               | 592541             | 388607             | 203934             | 48,468            | 31,314            | 17154             |
| 6      | Chandigarh          | 5325               | 4055               | 1270               | NA                | NA                | 0                 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh        | 200429             | 151923             | 48506              | 28,127            | 19,849            | 8278              |
| 8      | Dadra& Nagar Haveli | 1804               | 1630               | 174                | 171               | 170               | 1                 |
| 9      | Daman& Diu          | 601                | 568                | 33                 | 139               | 139               | 0                 |
| 10     | Delhi               | 58439              | 50346              | 8093               | 13,652            | 11,681            | 1971              |
| 11     | Goa                 | 5694               | 5694               | 0                  | 436               | 326               | 110               |
| 12     | Gujarat             | 217106             | 213067             | 4039               | 2,795             | 1,980             | 815               |
| 13     | Haryana             | 70090              | 58159              | 11931              | 18,135            | 17,190            | 945               |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh    | 49578              | 47946              | 1632               | 9,923             | 9,265             | 658               |
| 15     | Jammu& Kashmir      | 101301             | 94093              | 7208               | 25,657            | 4,436             | 21221             |
| 16     | Jharkhand           | 192144             | 113879             | 78265              | 17,872            | 14,265            | 3607              |
| 17     | Karnataka           | 203824             | 189332             | 14492              | 40,807            | 36,103            | 4704              |
| 18     | Kerala              | 126382             | 124982             | 1400               | 15683             | 13016             | 2667              |
| 19     | Lakshadweep         | 731                | 681                | 50                 | 178               | 106               | 72                |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh      | 363099             | 296576             | 66523              | 58688             | 48816             | 9872              |
| 21     | Maharashtra         | 314938             | 296267             | 18671              | 9746              | 8142              | 1604              |
| 22     | Manipur             | 18826              | 18462              | 364                | 406               | 406               | 0                 |

Annexure

| 23   | Meghalaya     |   22632 |   21756 |    876 | 2,130   | 2,074   |     56 |
|------|---------------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
| 24   | Mizoram       |   12508 |   11373 |   1135 | 1,864   | 1,864   |      0 |
| 25   | Nagaland      |   17330 |   17013 |    317 | 2,104   | 1,840   |    264 |
| 26   | Odisha        |  229006 |  229006 |      0 | 29173   | 28,140  |   1033 |
| 27   | Puducherry    |    3906 |    3139 |    767 | 2,275   | 1,792   |    483 |
| 28   | Punjab        |   95249 |   77074 |  18175 | 29,187  | 25,347  |   3840 |
| 29   | Rajasthan     |  283416 |  246827 |  36589 | 56,512  | 56,512  |      0 |
| 30   | Sikkim        |    8092 |    8092 |      0 | 1,336   | 1,311   |     25 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |  147982 |  144194 |   3788 | 50,158  | 49523   |    635 |
| 32   | Telangana     |   97507 |   83206 |  14301 | 46179   | 42189   |   3990 |
| 33   | Tripura       |   31695 |   27294 |   4401 | 5,201   | 4,313   |    888 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  759828 |  535501 | 224327 | 14,507  | 7,641   |   6866 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |   46053 |   38475 |   7578 | 18783   | 15209   |   3574 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |  454860 |  367079 |  87781 | 57,877  | 54,259  |   3618 |
|      | Total         | 5103539 | 4203223 | 900316 | 685895  | 578206  | 107689 |

Source: AWP&B and PAB Minutes 2017-18 (as on 31.03.2017)