Lok Sabha Question No. 1956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Vacant Teachers Posts in Schools/Colleges/Universities Administered by Central Government
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 1956

ANSWERED ON-13/03/2023

## Vacant Teachers Posts in Schools/Colleges/Universities Administered by Central Government

## 1956. SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the Minister of  EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  there  are  a  large  number  of  teaching  posts  lying  vacant  in  Schools,  Colleges  and Universities administered by the Government;

(b) if so, the details thereof, category-wise, and the reasons therefor;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  adopted  any  measures  to  fill  these  vacancies,  especially  the  posts sanctioned for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Classes categories; 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) to (d):  Recruitment of teachers in schools is a continuous process as vacancies keep arising due to factors  like  retirement,  resignation  and  additional  requirements  on  account  of  enhanced  students' strength/new schools. The Department of School Education and Literacy, from time to time, through review meetings and advisories, requests the Central Institutions for filling up vacant posts of teachers and their rational deployment.

UGC vide its letters dated 04-06-2019, 34-07-2019, 05-09-2019, and 22-10-2019 has issued directions to  higher  education  institutes  to  fill  up  the  vacant  posts.    Further,  UGC  vide  its  letter  no.  F.111/2021(SCT) dated 2 nd September, 2021 had requested all Central Universities to fill up vacancies in a Mission Mode within a period of one year starting from 5 th September, 2021 to 4 th September, 2022. UGC has also requested to all Central  Universities  to  calculate  the  backlog  vacancies  for  Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and EWS as well as overall vacant faculty positions (category-wise) for filling up of vacant positions.

The category-wise details of teacher vacancies in the Central schools of KendriyaVidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and NavodayaVidyalaya Samiti (NVS) as reported by their respective managements and Central Universities  as  reported  by  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  is  given  at ANNEXURE-I. The KendriyaVidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and NavodayaVidyalaya Samiti (NVS) have notified 12,099 and 3,139  vacancies  of  teaching/academic  staff  under  direct  recruitment  drive,  limited  departmental examination and special recruitment drives respectively.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1956  FOR  13TH  MARCH,  2023  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT  SHRI  N.  REDDEPPA  REGARDING  "VACANT  TEACHERS  POSTS  IN SCHOOLS/COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES ADMINISTERED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT".

| Category   |   Teaching Vacancies in KVS |   Teaching Vacancies in NVS |
|------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| UR         |                        6150 |                        2011 |
| OBC        |                        3254 |                         563 |
| SC         |                        1802 |                         389 |
| ST         |                         893 |                         176 |

| Category   |   Teaching Vacancies in Central Universities |
|------------|----------------------------------------------|
| UR         |                                         2154 |
| OBC        |                                         1543 |
| SC         |                                          878 |
| ST         |                                          520 |
| EWS        |                                          611 |
| PWD        |                                          322 |