Lok Sabha Question No. 1197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Vacancies in Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1197 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## VACANCIES IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

## 1197. SHRI P RAVINDHRANATH:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether  the  Government  is  concerned  about  the  huge  number  of  vacant positions  of  teaching  and  non-teaching  posts  in  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  across the country, especially in Tamil Nadu; (b) if  so,  the  total  number  of  vacancies  in  Tamil  Nadu  and  total  number  of temporary teachers appointed to manage such huge vacancies, State-wise; whether the Government is also contemplating any plan of action to fill up all
- (c) these posts within a time period; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  & (b) As on 30.06.2022, there are 12044 teaching posts and 1332 non-teaching posts lying vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country including in the State of Tamil Nadu. State/UT-wise details of total number of vacancies of teaching and Nonteaching  posts  and  contractual  teachers  engaged  on  temporary  basis  against  the sanctioned vacant posts are annexed.

(c) & (d) The vacancies arise due to transfer, retirement etc. from time to time.  Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process and efforts are made to fill up the vacancies as per the  provisions  of  the  relevant  recruitment  rules.  Teachers  are  also  engaged  on contractual  basis  for  temporary  duration  by  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  to  ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1197  RAISED  BY  SHRI  P  RAVINDHRANATH,  HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO BE ANSWERED ON 25/07/2022 REGARDING VACANCIES IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS.

STATE / UT- WISE DETAILS OF VACANCIES OF TEACHING & NON-TEACHING STAFF AND NUMBER OF CONTRACTUAL TEACHERS ENGAGED IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY (AS ON 30/06/2022)

| Sr. No.   | Name of State/ UT                    | Number of Vacancies   | Number of Vacancies   | Number of Contractual teachers Engaged   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | Name of State/ UT                    | Teaching              | Non - teaching        | Number of Contractual teachers Engaged   |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 29                    | 3                     | 22                                       |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 658                   | 62                    | 518                                      |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 140                   | 25                    | 99                                       |
| 4         | Assam                                | 282                   | 65                    | 205                                      |
| 5         | Bihar                                | 512                   | 15                    | 403                                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           | 23                    | 0                     | 16                                       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         | 340                   | 45                    | 263                                      |
| 8         | Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 20                    | 2                     | 14                                       |
| 9         | Delhi                                | 144                   | 38                    | 109                                      |
| 10        | Goa                                  | 93                    | 10                    | 77                                       |
| 11        | Gujarat                              | 278                   | 63                    | 185                                      |
| 12        | Haryana                              | 76                    | 10                    | 38                                       |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 45                    | 19                    | 32                                       |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 366                   | 41                    | 280                                      |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            | 397                   | 11                    | 315                                      |
| 16        | Karnataka                            | 1006                  | 99                    | 805                                      |
| 17        | Kerala                               | 699                   | 69                    | 569                                      |
| 18        | Lakshadweep                          | 6                     | 2                     | 5                                        |
| 19        | Ladakh                               | 9                     | 3                     | 4                                        |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 1066                  | 117                   | 784                                      |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          | 705                   | 101                   | 525                                      |
| 22        | Manipur                              | 47                    | 11                    | 37                                       |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            | 37                    | 9                     | 26                                       |
| 24        | Mizoram                              | 32                    | 6                     | 26                                       |
| 25        | Nagaland                             | 36                    | 8                     | 22                                       |
| 26        | Odisha                               | 886                   | 92                    | 646                                      |
| 27        | Puducherry                           | 104                   | 10                    | 63                                       |
| 28        | Punjab                               | 253                   | 46                    | 144                                      |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            | 187                   | 39                    | 109                                      |
| 30        | Sikkim                               | 8                     | 2                     | 7                                        |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           | 1162                  | 97                    | 983                                      |
| 32        | Telangana                            | 602                   | 53                    | 454                                      |
| 33        | Tripura                              | 70                    | 12                    | 45                                       |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 618                   | 67                    | 434                                      |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                          | 144                   | 23                    | 85                                       |
| 36        | West Bengal                          | 964                   | 57                    | 812                                      |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                | 12044                 | 1332                  | 9161                                     |

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