Lok Sabha Question No. 3717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: Faculty Strength and Vacancies in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Purohit

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3717 ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026

## Faculty Strength and Vacancies in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

3717. Shri Pradeep Purohit:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of sanctioned teaching posts at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in the country particularly in Paikmal in Bargarh district of Odisha, department/subject-wise;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  faculty  members  currently  in  position  and  the  number  of temporary/contractual  teachers  engaged  in  the  country,  particularly  in  the  above  said district, subject-wise;
- (c) the total number students presently enrolled in the Vidyalaya;
- (d) the number of vacant teaching and non-teaching posts in the country as on date;
- (e) the details of steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to fill up the vacant posts and the expected timeline to fill them; and
- (f) whether the Government is planning to construct waiting hall for visitors/parents in the said schools and if so, the detail thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Vacancies keep on arising due to opening of new Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVs), retirement,  resignation,  promotion  of  employees,  transfer,  employees  going  on  lien  to another department and up-gradation of schools. 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  at  the  local  level  against  sanctioned  posts,  whenever regular  or leave  vacancies arise  in  a  NV  to  ensure  that  the  teaching-learning  process  is  not hampered.

As  per  information  received  from  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Samiti  (NVS),  the  total number  of  sanctioned  and  in-position  teaching  staff  (including  Principal  and  Vice Principal) in NVs across the country, as on 31.12.2025, is as under:

| Post           |   Sanctioned |   In-Position |
|----------------|--------------|---------------|
| Teaching staff |        17510 |         12427 |

The subject-wise number of sanctioned, in-position (including Principal and Vice Principal) and contractual teaching staff in NVs across the country, are at Annexure-I.

The subject-wise number of sanctioned, in-position (including Principal and Vice Principal) and contractual teaching staff in NV Paikmal, Bargarh District, Odisha, are at Annexure-II.

The total number of students enrolled in NVs across the country and NV Paikmal, Bargarh district as on 31.01.2026 are 314,927 and 555, respectively.

The number of vacant posts of teaching (including Principal & Vice Principal) and non-teaching staff in NVs across the country, as on 31.12.2025, are as under:

| Posts        |   No. of vacancies |
|--------------|--------------------|
| Teaching     |               5083 |
| Non-Teaching |               1221 |

(f):  Arrangements  for  waiting  for  parents/guests  have  been  made  within  the  school building at the entrance lobby of the NVs.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3717 FOR 16.03.2026 RAISED  BY  SHRI  PRADEEP PUROHIT, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING FACULTY STRENGTH AND VACANCIES IN JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS

Subject-wise  number  of  sanctioned,  in-position  (including  Principal  and  Vice Principal) and contractual teaching staff in NVs across the country,

| S.No.   | Name of Post           |   Sanctioned (as on 31.12.2025) |   In - Position (as on 31.12.2025) | Contractual   |
|---------|------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------|
| 1       | Principal              |                             630 |                                436 | -             |
| 2       | Vice-Principal         |                             665 |                                573 | -             |
| 3       | PGT-English            |                             641 |                                490 | 178           |
| 4       | PGT-Hindi              |                             634 |                                517 | 141           |
| 5       | PGT-Physics            |                             645 |                                398 | 215           |
| 6       | PGT-Chemistry          |                             605 |                                444 | 171           |
| 7       | PGT-Biology            |                             606 |                                484 | 138           |
| 8       | PGT-Mathematics        |                             611 |                                467 | 148           |
| 9       | PGT-IT                 |                             396 |                                241 | 97            |
| 10      | PGT-Economics          |                             458 |                                349 | 79            |
| 11      | PGT-History            |                             461 |                                361 | 98            |
| 12      | PGT-Geography          |                             441 |                                324 | 108           |
| 13      | PGT-Commerce           |                             180 |                                149 | 23            |
| 14      | PGT Physical Education |                              85 |                                 14 | -             |
| 15      | PGT MIL                |                              43 |                                 18 | -             |
| 16      | TGT-Hindi              |                            1154 |                                910 | 138           |
| 17      | TGT-English            |                            1228 |                                941 | 188           |
| 18      | TGT-Mathematics        |                            1205 |                               1001 | 120           |
| 19      | TGT-Science            |                             652 |                                497 | 113           |
| 20      | TGT-Computer Science   |                             652 |                                  0 | 575           |
| 21      | TGT-Social Science     |                             665 |                                504 | 96            |
| 22      | TGT-3rd Language       |                            1196 |                                732 | 299           |
| 23      | TGT-Special Educator   |                             495 |                                  0 | -             |
| 24      | TGT(PET-Male)          |                             532 |                                411 | 143           |
| 25      | TGT(PET-Female)        |                             665 |                                555 | 78            |
| 26      | TGT(Art)               |                             652 |                                518 | 123           |
| 27      | TGT(Music)             |                             665 |                                552 | 83            |
| 28      | TGT(Library)           |                             648 |                                541 | 85            |
|         | Total                  |                           17510 |                              12427 | 3437          |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3717 FOR 16.03.2026 RAISED  BY  SHRI  PRADEEP PUROHIT, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING FACULTY STRENGTH AND VACANCIES IN JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYAS

Subject-wise  number  of  sanctioned,  in-position  (including  Principal  and  Vice Principal) and contractual teaching staff in NV Paikmal, Bargarh District, Odisha

| Sr. No.   | Name of the Post     |   Sanctioned (as on 31.12.2025) |   In - position (as on 31.12.2025) | Contractual   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------|
| 1         | Principal            |                               1 |                                  0 | -             |
| 2         | Vice-Principal       |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 3         | PGT-English          |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 4         | PGT-Hindi            |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 5         | PGT-Physics          |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 6         | PGT-Chemistry        |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 7         | PGT-Biology          |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 8         | PGT-Mathematics      |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 9         | PGT-Economics        |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 10        | PGT-History          |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 11        | PGT-Geography        |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 12        | PGT MIL              |                               1 |                                  0 | -             |
| 13        | TGT-Hindi            |                               2 |                                  1 | 1             |
| 14        | TGT-English          |                               2 |                                  0 | 2             |
| 15        | TGT-Mathematics      |                               2 |                                  1 | 1             |
| 16        | TGT-Science          |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 17        | TGT-Computer Science |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 18        | TGT-Social Science   |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 19        | TGT-3rd Language     |                               2 |                                  2 | -             |
| 20        | TGT-Special Educator |                               1 |                                  0 | -             |
| 21        | TGT(PET-Male)        |                               1 |                                  0 | 1             |
| 22        | TGT(PET-Female)      |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 23        | TGT(Art)             |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 24        | TGT(Music)           |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
| 25        | TGT(Library)         |                               1 |                                  1 | -             |
|           | Total                |                              29 |                                 14 | 12            |

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