Lok Sabha Question No. 3482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Teachers Vacancies
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, Arun Sao, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Vijay Baghel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3482

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  August, 2022

## Teachers Vacancies

†3482.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether according to a report around more than 11.16 lakh posts for teachers are vacant in schools across the country including Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh and upto 69 per cent of posts are vacant in the rural areas;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra;

(c) the total number of female teachers in the country, State-wise including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra; and

(d) the details of the steps taken by the Government so far to fill the posts of teachers in the rural areas of the country including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (d):  Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment  of  teachers  come  under  the  purview  of  the  respective  State  and  Union  Territory  (UT) Government.  The  recruitment  of  teachers  in  schools  is  a  continuous  process  and  the  vacancies  keep arising  due  to  retirement,  resignation  and  additional  requirements  on  account  of  enhanced  students' strength/new schools. However, the Ministry of Education requests the State and UT Governments for filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of  teachers  and  their  rational  deployment,  through  review  meetings  and advisories from time to time. Further, the Central Government through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs for deployment of additional teachers to maintain  appropriate  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  as  per  the  prescribed  norms  for  various  levels  of schooling. The number of female teachers as per the data available with UDISE is given 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. 3482 FOR 08 TH  AUGUST, 2022 REGARDING "TEACHERS VACANCIES " ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  DEVJI  M.  PATEL,  SHRI  ARUN  SAO,  SHRI  SUDHAKAR TUKARAM  SHRANGARE,  SHRI  RANJEETSINGH  HINDURAO  NAIK  NIMBALKAR  AND  SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL.

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT                   | Total Number of Female Teachers   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 3,542                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 159,444                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 11,478                            |
| 4        | Assam                              | 149,410                           |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 241,201                           |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 7,834                             |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 127,367                           |
| 8        | Daman &Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 2,969                             |
| 9        | Delhi                              | 111,959                           |
| 10       | Goa                                | 10,818                            |
| 11       | Gujarat                            | 209,048                           |
| 12       | Haryana                            | 150,844                           |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 53,331                            |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 82,010                            |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          | 87,811                            |
| 16       | Karnataka                          | 261,933                           |
| 17       | Kerala                             | 217,235                           |
| 18       | Ladakh                             | 3,078                             |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                        | 486                               |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 283,073                           |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        | 368,272                           |
| 22       | Manipur                            | 24,411                            |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          | 32,550                            |
| 24       | Mizoram                            | 10,816                            |
| 25       | Nagaland                           | 17,331                            |
| 26       | Odisha                             | 162,108                           |
| 27       | Puducherry                         | 9,478                             |
| 28       | Punjab                             | 211,881                           |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          | 299,968                           |
| 30       | Sikkim                             | 8,571                             |
| 31       | Tamilnadu                          | 428,743                           |
| 32       | Telangana                          | 192,337                           |
| 33       | Tripura                            | 12,587                            |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 675,112                           |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        | 67,807                            |
| 36       | West Bengal                        | 250,231                           |
| India    | India                              | 4,947,074                         |

Source: UDISE+ 2020-21