Lok Sabha Question No. 471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Vacant Teaching/Non-teaching Posts in HEI, KVs and NVs
Ministry: Education
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.471 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## VACANT TEACHING/NON-TEACHING POSTS IN HEI, KVs AND NVs

## 471. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  vacant  teaching  &  non-teaching  posts  in  schools  at present, in HEIs, Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) and other departments in the country especially in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the reasons for not filling up these posts so far;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that Tamil Nadu is facing the maximum crunch of teachers in KVs where mostly children admitted in KVs are of Central Government Employees;
- (d) whether the Government is also aware that KVs academic performance in Class X and  XII  board  exams  has  dropped  from  the  top  position  to  third  position  between 2019 and 2022. Which shows the staff shortage is affecting the standard of education in the erstwhile prestigious KVs across the country; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) & (b) The details of the number of vacant teaching and non-teaching posts in Kendriya Vidyalayas  (KVs),  Jawahar  Navodaya  Vidyalayas  (JNVs)  and  Central  Higher  Educational Intuitions (CHEIs) under Ministry of Education are as under:-

| Name of Institute / department                                                                               | Teaching   |   Non-Teaching |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------|
| Kendriya Vidyalayas                                                                                          | 12099      |           1312 |
| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas                                                                                  | 3271       |           1756 |
| Indian Institutes of Technology                                                                              | 4425       |           5052 |
| National Institutes of Technology / Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology                   | 2089       |           3773 |
| Indian Institutes of Management                                                                              | 484        |            566 |
| Indian Institutes of Science & Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research                             | 353*       |            625 |
| School of Planning and Architecture                                                                          | 61         |             90 |
| Other Centrally Funded Technical Institutes / National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research | 314        |            378 |
| Central Universities                                                                                         | 6180       |          15798 |

The  vacancies  arise  due  to  retirement, resignation, promotion  and  additional requirement on account of up-gradation / sanctioning of new  streams  as well as enhancement  of  students'  strength.  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 of concerned Institution. Teachers are also engaged on contractual basis for temporary duration by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered.  In order to meet the shortfall in the  faculty,  the  HEIs  are  having  the  provision  of  recruiting  /  appointing  visiting  /  adjunct faculty, Emeritus Professor, Institute Professor etc.

(c)    to  (e)  KVS  has  informed  that  teachers  were  transferred  on  administrative  ground  for rationalization and redistribution of teachers for ensuring availability of adequate number of regular teachers in the schools. KVS has also started the process of filling up of vacancies of teaching and non-teaching posts for which advertisements have been issued.

Quality  of  education  in  KVs  is  ensured  through  recruitment  of  qualified  teachers, regular  supervision  by  Principals  and  periodical  supervision  by  the  officers  of  KVS  Head quarter  and  Regional  Offices.  Further,  training  programmes  and  workshops  are  also organized  for  updating  and  empowering  teachers  to  ensure  quality  of  education  and efficiency.      The  pass  percentages  of  KVs  students  in  the  X  and  XII  board  examinations conducted by CBSE are much better as compared to the results of CBSE affiliated schools.

The  performance  of  the  organization  is  periodically  appraised  by  the  Board  of Governors and the General Body of the KVS. The functioning of KVS is also reviewed and monitored  by  the  Ministry  of  Education.  Annual  action  plan  and  medium  terms  strategic plans  are  drawn  up  along  with  key  result  areas  for  monitoring  the  performance.  The performance of the KVS is also reported to the Parliament through its Annual Reports and Annual Audited Accounts every year.

The past two years has been challenging for the school sector including KVS due to the  COVID  pandemic  as  both  online  and  offline  methods  of  teaching  had  to  be  adopted. Keeping this in view, the Board examination assessment also underwent a change where the performance of a student was judged not exclusively on the basis of Board marks. KVS has been actively making special efforts to address learning loss arising from the pandemic. Such learning recovery measures, depending on the requirements of the students include remedial  measures  taken  to  address  the  problem/difficult  areas  of  each  student,  extra classes, assigning expert teachers for personalized attention, parental engagement, use of technology  and  specific  instructional  material  and  worksheet/workbooks  to  address  the specific learning requirements of students.

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