Lok Sabha Question No. 1789 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Regular Teaching/Non-Teaching Posts in Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1789 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## REGULAR TEACHING/NON-TEACHING POSTS IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

## 1789. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  new  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  opened  during  the  last  five  years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the number of vacancies of regular teaching and non-teaching posts in KVs during the last five years; and
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  remove  the  shortage  of  the teachers and non- teaching staff in KVs?

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

- (a) As per information received from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 70 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) have been opened throughout the country during the last five years (i.e. 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23). State / UT-wise details are annexed.
- (b) The number of vacancies of regular teaching and non-teaching posts in KVs during the last five years are as under:-

|              |   2018-19 (as on 31.03.2019) |   2019-20 (as on 31.03.2020) |   2020-21 (as on 31.03.2021) |   2021-22 (as on 31.03.2022) |   2022-23 (as on 31.03.2023) |
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Teaching     |                         8388 |                         6005 |                         8885 |                        11172 |                        13562 |
| Non-teaching |                         5090 |                         5068 |                         5903 |                         1606 |                         1772 |
| TOTAL        |                        13478 |                        11073 |                        14788 |                        12778 |                        15334 |

(c) 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. Teachers are also engaged on contractual basis for temporary duration by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered. As  per  the  information  received  from  KVS,  advertisements  for  filling  up  of  13411  vacant posts of teaching and Non-teaching staffs (up to the year 2023) through direct recruitment had been notified in December, 2022.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1789 RAISED BY SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON  31/07/2023  REGARDING  'REGULAR  TEACHING  /  NON  -  TEACHING  POSTS  IN  KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS'.

## STATE / UT -WISE NUMBER OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS OPENED DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                            | YEAR    | YEAR    | YEAR    | YEAR    | YEAR    |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                            | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar                    | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                       | -       | 2       | -       | --      | -       |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | -       | 2       | 1       | -       | -       |
| 4.        | Assam                                | -       | 2       | -       | -       | -       |
| 5.        | Bihar                                | 1       | 1       | -       | -       | -       |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                           | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                         | -       | 2       | -       | -       | -       |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 9.        | Delhi                                | -       | 1       | -       | -       | -       |
| 10.       | Goa                                  | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 11.       | Gujarat                              | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 12.       | Haryana                              | -       | 2       | -       | 1       | -       |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                     | -       | -       | -       | -       | 1       |
| 14.       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | -       | 1       | -       | -       | -       |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                            | -       | 2       | 2       | -       | -       |
| 16.       | Karnataka                            | 3       | 1       | -       | 1       | -       |
| 17.       | Kerala                               | 1       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep                          | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 19.       | Ladakh                               | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 2       | 5       | 1       | -       | -       |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                          | 2       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 22.       | Manipur                              | 1       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                            | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 24.       | Mizoram                              | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 25.       | Nagaland                             | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 26.       | Odisha                               | -       | 2       | 1       | -       | 3       |
| 27.       | Punducherry                          | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 28.       | Punjab                               | -       | -       | -       | 1       | -       |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                            | 2       | 2       | -       | -       | -       |
| 30.       | Sikkim                               | -       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 31.       | Tamilnadu                            | -       | 1       | 2       | -       | -       |
| 32.       | Telangana                            | 2       | -       | -       | -       | -       |
| 33.       | Tripura                              | -       | -       | -       | -       | 1       |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 2       | 7       | 2       | -       | -       |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                          | -       | 1       | 1       | -       | -       |
| 36.       | West Bengal                          | -       | 2       | -       | -       | -       |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                | 16      | 36      | 10      | 03      | 05      |

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