Lok Sabha Question No. 4335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Shortage of School Teachers in Rajasthan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 4335 ANSWERED ON-27/03/2023

## Shortage of School Teachers in Rajasthan

## †4335.  SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken steps to fill the vacant posts of school teachers particularly in rural areas, if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  it  is  true  that  there  is  continuous  shortage  of  school  teachers  in  several  schools  in Rajasthan particularly in the rural areas;

(c)  whether  a  large  number of vacant posts  exists at all levels of primary, secondary and Higher Secondary Schools in Rajasthan, which is causing adverse effect on teaching;

(d) if so, the number of schools facing such shortage and the number of vacant posts of teachers therein;

(e) whether the Government has taken any steps to fill up the vacant posts particularly in rural areas in Rajasthan and also the number of teachers recruited during the last four years;

(f) whether there is continuous dearth of qualified school teachers in many schools particularly in rural  areas  in  Rajasthan  and  the  number of teachers required to be appointed in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur Districts in Rajasthan; and

(g) whether the Government has made recruitment of Yoga Teacher in Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) to  (g):  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.  Further, 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. Details regarding teacher vacancies in schools of Rajasthan including in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur  districts  in  Rajasthan  as  well  as  the  recruitment  of  yoga  teachers  in  Rajasthan  are maintained by the Government of Rajasthan. 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.  Based  on  the  data  furnished  by  the  Government  of Rajasthan, vacant posts of teachers at all levels of primary, secondary and higher secondary in the state of Rajasthan are as under:

| Sl. No   | Head             |   Vacant posts of teachers in Rajasthan |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Elementary       |                                   25396 |
| 2        | Secondary        |                                    2978 |
| 3        | Higher Secondary |                                    9708 |
|          | Total            |                                   38082 |

Source: PAB meetings and AWP&B 2022-23

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