Lok Sabha Question No. 3023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Teachers for classes 1 to 8 /Funds Allocated/Utilized under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Since 2019
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 3023

ANSWERED ON-20/03/2023

## Teachers for classes 1 to 8 /Funds Allocated/Utilized under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Since 2019

## 3023. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of school teachers sanctioned by each State for classes 1 to 8 for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022;

(b)  the  total  number  of  positions  of  teachers  for  classes  1-8  that  have  been  filled  in  since  2019, especially in Andhra Pradesh;

(c) whether the Central Government has issued any directions to the State Governments who failed to fill up these vacancies; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) & (b):  The number of school teachers sanctioned by each state for classes 1 to 8 for the years 2020, 2021  and  2022  is  annexed  as ANNEXURE .  Education  is  a  subject  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the Constitution  and  a  majority  of  the  schools  are  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  State Governments/Union  Territory  administrations. Recruitment of teachers, their service conditions and deployment come under the purview of the respective State Governments and Union Territory administrations. Recruitment  is  a  continuous  process  and  vacancies  get  generated  due  to  a  number  of  factors  like retirement, resignation, increased requirement of teachers as a result of the enhanced students' strength. Therefore, the total number of positions of teachers for classes 1-8 that have been filled in since 2019, especially  in  Andhra  Pradesh  is  maintained  by  the  concerned  State  Government/Union  Territory Administrations.

(c)  &  (d):  The  Ministry  of  Education,  from  time  to  time,  through  review  meetings  and  advisories, requests  the  State  and  UT  Governments  for  filling  up  vacant  posts  of  teachers  and  their  rational deployment.  Further,  the  Central  Government  through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra Shiksha, provides financial assistance to the States and UTs to maintain appropriate Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for  various  levels  of  schooling,  as  per  norms  prescribed  in  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, as amended from time to time.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3023 FOR 20 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS  REGARDING  "TEACHERS  FOR  CLASSES  1  TO  8  /FUNDS  ALLOCATED/UTILIZED UNDER SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN SINCE 2019".

| S. No.   | State/Union Territory                 | Sanctioned posts   | Sanctioned posts   | Sanctioned posts   |
|----------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| S. No.   | State/Union Territory                 | 2020-21            | 2021-22            | 2022-23            |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands              | 3169               | 3304               | 3304               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                        | 156895             | 156895             | 156895             |
| 3        | Arunchal Pradesh                      | 14062              | 14062              | 14062              |
| 4        | Assam                                 | 182198             | 180373             | 180309             |
| 5        | Bihar                                 | 592541             | 592541             | 592541             |
| 6        | Chandigarh                            | 4274               | 4251               | 5243               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                          | 200429             | 230612             | 221067             |
| 8        | Daman and Diu &Dadar and Nagar Haveli | 2405               | 2500               | 2442               |
| 9        | Delhi                                 | 51535              | 43550              | 46671              |
| 10       | Goa                                   | 2216               | 2034               | 1806               |
| 11       | Gujarat                               | 217106             | 244211             | 203136             |
| 12       | Haryana                               | 64947              | 65608              | 65608              |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                      | 45997              | 43612              | 43609              |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                        | 100647             | 100647             | 97649              |
| 15       | Jharkhand                             | 186865             | 186865             | 186865             |
| 16       | Karnataka                             | 189111             | 182624             | 177845             |
| 17       | Kerala                                | 31506              | 31506              | 31506              |
| 18       | Ladakh                                | 4665               | 4600               | 4642               |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                           | 440                | 440                | 440                |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                        | 363099             | 363099             | 363099             |
| 21       | Maharashtra                           | 323883             | 288639             | 295026             |
| 22       | Manipur                               | 14913              | 14913              | 14913              |
| 23       | Meghalaya                             | 19437              | 19402              | 19437              |
| 24       | Mizoram                               | 8919               | 8919               | 8560               |
| 25       | Nagaland                              | 16872              | 16872              | 16066              |
| 26       | Odisha                                | 229006             | 229006             | 229006             |
| 27       | Puducherry                            | 3705               | 3625               | 3625               |
| 28       | Punjab                                | 92084              | 92084              | 92084              |
| 29       | Rajasthan                             | 283416             | 299327             | 299387             |
| 30       | Sikkim                                | 8573               | 3628               | 2968               |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                            | 147913             | 145016             | 144968             |
| 32       | Telangana                             | 106977             | 107821             | 97710              |
| 33       | Tripura                               | 26542              | 29494              | 29494              |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                         | 719399             | 719399             | 579622             |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                           | 46053              | 38054              | 46053              |
| 36       | West Bengal                           | 539217             | 511600             | 532568             |
| Total    | Total                                 | 5001016            | 4981133            | 4810226            |

(Source: PAB Minutes & AWP&B)