Lok Sabha Question No. 3515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Vacancies in Schools, Colleges and Universities
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak, Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale

## 3515.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 3515

ANSWERED ON-11/08/2025

## Vacancies in Schools, Colleges and Universities

## Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring: Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak: Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any data about the, number of teaching and non-teaching vacancies in Universities, Colleges and Central Government/Government schools State/UT-wise particularly in Punjab;

(b) whether it is also true that the number of schools, Colleges and Universities are increasing day by day and need more teaching, non-teaching and other staff, if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of posts lying vacant since one year and the number of teacher recruitment drives conducted for Central Government schools, Colleges and Universities during the last three years in the country including Punjab; and

(d) whether funds under Samagra Shiksha scheme have been used for bridging gaps in access and infrastructure in the country including in Punjab and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff in schools and colleges is a continuous process  as  vacancies  keep  arising  due  to  factors  like  retirement,  resignation  and  additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength/establishment of new schools or colleges.

Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, an overwhelming majority of the  schools  in  the  country  come  under  the  administrative  control  of  the  concerned  State Governments/Union Territory administrations. The details regarding the number of teaching and nonteaching vacancies in schools across the Country, including in the State of Punjab, are maintained by the concerned State Government/Union Territory administration.

The number of vacant teaching posts in the central schools of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), as in June,2025, are as under: -

|                  | KVS   | NVS   |
|------------------|-------|-------|
| As in June, 2025 | 7,765 | 4,323 |

So far as colleges are concerned, a majority of them are established by the State Governments/Trusts/Registered Societies/Private Entities, etc. and the data in respect of the vacancies of teachers in these colleges are maintained by the respective State/Union Territory Governments.

The Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) under the Ministry of Education are statutory autonomous organizations established under respective Central Acts of Parliament and governed by provisions  of  the  Acts/  Statutes/  Ordinances/  Regulations  made  thereunder.  As  autonomous institutions, faculty recruitment is done within the institutions itself, in accordance with their Acts and Regulations. The recruitment powers vests with the respective Board of Governors (BoGs)/Executive Committee/Board of Management.

The  number  of  Higher  Education  Institutions  (University,  Standalone  and  colleges)  registered  in AISHE has increased from 51,649 in 2018-19 to 60,380 in 2022-23(provisional). However, the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) continued to be 24:1 during this period for all higher institutions in regular mode of study.

The total number of teaching vacancies filled up in central educational institutions across the country, including in Punjab, through recruitment drives under mission recruitment are as under: -

|                  | KVS    | NVS   | HEIs   |
|------------------|--------|-------|--------|
| Vacancies filled | 11,733 | 2,007 | 16,507 |

(d):  One  of  the  key  interventions  under  the  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  is bridging  gaps  in  access  and  infrastructure  which  includes  upgradation/strengthening  of  Schools, provisions for computer labs, library, separate toilets, drinking water, electrification, ramps to cater Children  with  Special  Needs  (CWSN),  etc.  Financial  assistance  is  also  given  to  States/UTs  for maintenance of normative PTR.

Based on the proposals received from States, a total of 5,090.29 Crores have been sanctioned bridging gaps in access and infrastructure in the country, including Rs. 131.50 Crores for the State of Punjab, in the Annual Work Plan & Budget for the Financial Year 2025-26 under Samagra Shiksha.