Lok Sabha Question No. 3715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: Not Conducting Timely Recruitments
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 3715 ANSWERED ON-16/03/2026

## Not Conducting Timely Recruitments

## †3715. Shri Amra Ram:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  reasons  for  not  conducting  timely  recruitments  despite  the  availability  of  trained teachers, leading to two categories of teachers (permanent and contractual) from primary to higher education in the country; and

(b) whether the Government has considered the demands of students, teachers and the public protesting against the adverse effects of the New Education Policy (NEP), if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, an overwhelming majority of schools in the country are under the administrative control of the respective State Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations.  Accordingly,  the  recruitment,  service conditions  and  deployment  of  teachers  in  school  education  fall  within  the  administrative purview of the concerned States/UTs. Recruitment of teachers is a continuous process, and vacancies  arise  due  to  factors  such  as  retirement,  promotion,  resignation,  opening  of  new schools and increased requirement of teachers due to growth in student enrolment. The Central Government, from time to time, advises States/UTs to fill up vacant posts of teachers through transparent  and  merit-based  recruitment  processes,  including  through  autonomous  teacher recruitment boards or similar mechanisms.

As far as Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) are concerned, recruitment of teachers is undertaken by the respective organisations in accordance with their  recruitment  rules  and  procedures  through  periodic  recruitment  drives.  In  case  of vacancies  temporarily  arising  due  to  transfer,  retirement  or  other  administrative  reasons, contractual teachers are engaged for a limited period as a stop-gap arrangement to ensure that the academic activities in the schools are not disrupted until regular appointments are made.

The Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) under 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/Executive Committee/Board of Management and no active role of the Ministry is involved therein.

Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to promotion, retirement, resignation, death, opening of new institutions, schemes or projects, and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength and expansion of capacity in existing institutions.

From September 2022, all CHEIs, have undertaken Mission Mode recruitment drive to fill the vacancies. Up to 24.01.2026 (i.e. the date of last Rozgar Mela), a total number of 30720 posts have been filled up by all CHEIs, including 17878 faculty positions, in Mission Mode.

(b): The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, designed to transform education at all levels as  per  the  needs  of  21 st Century,  was  formulated  after  an  extensive  and  participatory consultation process with a wide range of stakeholders. The Draft National Education Policy, 2019 was submitted to the Ministry on 31 May 2019 and was subsequently placed in the public domain  on  the  Ministry's  website  as  well  as  on  the  MyGov  platform  for  inviting  views, suggestions  and  comments  from  stakeholders,  including  students,  teachers  and  the  general public, up to 15 August 2019.

Thereafter, the National Education Policy, 2020 was finalized after detailed consultations with stakeholders  including  Gram  Panchayats,  Blocks,  Urban  Local  Bodies,  Districts,  State Governments and Union Territory Administrations, Hon'ble Members of Parliament and the public, and was approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020.

Further,  to  review  and  discuss  innovative  ideas  and  to  tackle  bottlenecks  relating  to  the implementation of NEP 2020, the Government holds regular workshops, consultations and review  meetings  with  States/UTs,  educational  institutions  and  other  stakeholders.  The implementation of NEP 2020 has been deliberated in various national forums including the National  Education  Ministers'  Conference  (June  2022),  National  Conference  of  Chief Secretaries  (June  2022,  December  2023  and  December  2025),  meetings  of  the  Governing Council of NITI Aayog, and Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam held in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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