Lok Sabha Question No. 719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Status of Teachers in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sunil Kumar Singh, Saikia Dilip, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 719

## ANSWERED ON-12/12/2022

## Status of Teachers in Schools

†719. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI DILIP SAIKIA: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether as per a report, there are approximately 11.16 lakh vacant posts of teachers in the country especially in Assam, Maharashtra, Rajasthan with the rural areas having up to 69 per cent vacancies;

- (b) if so, the State-wise details, especially in Maharashtra;

(c) the state-wise total number of female teachers in the country especially in Chatra and Latehar districts in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Assam and Rajasthan; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government so far to address the shortage of teachers particularly in rural areas in  Jharkhand,  Maharashtra  including  Latur  Parliamentary  Constituency,  Assam  especially  Mangaldoi Parliamentary Constituency and Rajasthan including Jalore Parliamentary Constituency?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) to (d):  The 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. Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and a majority of the schools are under the administrative control of respective State and Union Territory Governments. Recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers primarily come under purview of the respective State and Union  Territory  (UT)  Governments.  However  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. The statewise  total  number  of  female  teachers  in  the  country  especially  in  Chatra  and  Latehar  districts  in Jharkhand is at Annexure-A.

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## ANNEXURE-A

ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 719 FOR 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING "STATUS OF TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS" ASKED BY  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  SUDHAKAR  TUKARAM  SHRANGARE,  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, SHRI DILIP SAIKIA AND SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL.

| S.No.   | Name of State/UT                   | Total Number of Female Teachers   |
|---------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 3,476                             |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1,62,047                          |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 11,502                            |
| 4       | Assam                              | 1,44,752                          |
| 5       | Bihar                              | 2,34,716                          |
| 6       | Chandigarh                         | 7,529                             |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                       | 1,24,909                          |
| 8       | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 2,885                             |
| 9       | Delhi                              | 1,11,448                          |
| 10      | Goa                                | 11,139                            |
| 11      | Gujarat                            | 2,03,729                          |
| 12      | Haryana                            | 1,48,544                          |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 51,947                            |
| 14      | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 80,327                            |
| 15      | Jharkhand                          | 83,121                            |
| 16      | Karnataka                          | 2,51,204                          |
| 17      | Kerala                             | 2,13,285                          |
| 18      | Ladakh                             | 3,122                             |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                        | 423                               |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 2,83,227                          |
| 21      | Maharashtra                        | 3,62,393                          |
| 22      | Manipur                            | 23,180                            |
| 23      | Meghalaya                          | 32,227                            |
| 24      | Mizoram                            | 11,010                            |
| 25      | Nagaland                           | 17,448                            |
| 26      | Odisha                             | 1,53,894                          |
| 27      | Puducherry                         | 9,274                             |
| 28      | Punjab                             | 1,93,433                          |
| 29      | Rajasthan                          | 2,87,350                          |
| 30      | Sikkim                             | 8,170                             |
| 31      | Tamilnadu                          | 4,27,603                          |
| 32      | Telangana                          | 1,94,415                          |
| 33      | Tripura                            | 12,734                            |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 67,764                            |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                        | 6,88,755                          |
| 36      | West Bengal                        | 2,53,750                          |
| India   | India                              | 48,76,732                         |

|   S.No. | Name of the District   | Total Number of Female Teachers   |
|---------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|       1 | Chatra, Jharkhand      | 1,990                             |
|       2 | Latehar, Jharkhand     | 1,566                             |

Source: UDISE+ 2021-22