Lok Sabha Question No. 2092 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: Vacant Posts in Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2092 ANSWERED ON 09.12.2024

## VACANT POSTS IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

## 2092.  SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE: SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  enrollment  of  children  of  Government  employees  has  been continuously dropped in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs);
- (b) if so, the reasons thereof;
- (c) the details of vacant posts for teachers and other staff in KVs, particularly for SCs/STs/OBCs, if so, the details thereof, State-wise, particularly in Maharashtra;
- (d) the reasons for not filling up these vacant posts; and
- (e) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to fill up these vacancies?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b) Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are opened primarily to cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Government Employees including Defence &  Para-military  personnel,  Central  Autonomous  Bodies,  Central  Public  Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Central Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) by providing a common programme of education throughout the country. Details regarding number of enrolment of children of Central Government employees in KVs for the academic years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 are as under:-

| Year    |   Total enrolment |   No of children of central Government employees |   %of children of central Government employees |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 2022-23 |           1425164 |                                           576773 |                                          40.47 |
| 2023-24 |           1390517 |                                           569390 |                                          40.95 |
| 2024-25 |           1356258 |                                           568405 |                                          41.9  |

The  overall  percentage  of  enrolment  of  children  of  Central  Government Employees has been increasing slightly from the previous academic year.

(c)  to  (e)  As  per  information  received  from  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS), posting  of  teaching  and  non-teaching  staff  is  made  centrally  in  KVS  as  per  the vacancies in the schools all across the country.  The details of the vacant posts of teaching and non-teaching staff in KVS are as under:-

| Sl.   | Post         | Total vacancies   | Category wise vacancies   | Category wise vacancies   | Category wise vacancies   |
|-------|--------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| No.   |              |                   | SCs                       | STs                       | OBCs                      |
| 1.    | Teaching     | 5260              | 745                       | 358                       | 866                       |
| 2.    | Non-Teaching | 1393              | 160                       | 88                        | 258                       |

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. Teachers are also engaged on contractual basis for temporary duration by KVS to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered.

The  instructions/directions  have  been  issued  from  time-to-time  to  all  the autonomous organizations including KVS functioning under the Department of School Education  and  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Education  to  fill  up  their  vacancies  in  order  to increase quality and efficiency.

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