Lok Sabha Question No. 398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Old Pension Scheme
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 398 ANSWERED ON-02/02/2026

## Old Pension Scheme

## †398. Shri Ramashankar Vidharthi Rajbhar:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to restore the old pension schemes for teachers at the centre and in the States/UTs, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(b)  the  details  of  the  main  reasons  for  pending  appointments  of teachers, stalled joining of teachers and selected candidates not getting appointment despite advertised post in various States/UTs; and

(c) the current status of recruitment of 69,000 assistant teachers in Uttar Pradesh along with the number  of  candidates  appointed  so  far  and  the  number  of  cases  pending  in  court  or  the department?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  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,  matters relating  to  recruitment,  service  conditions,  including  pensionary  benefits,  deployment  of teachers, and court cases arising therefrom fall primarily within the administrative domain of the concerned State Governments/UT Administrations. Therefore, issues relating to pending appointments  of  teachers,  delayed  joining  of  teachers,  and  non-appointment  of  selected candidates against advertised posts in various States/UTs are dealt with by the respective State Governments/UT Administrations.

The Government of India periodically advises the States/UTs to fill up vacant posts of teachers and  to  ensure  timely  recruitment  through  transparent  and  merit-based  processes,  including recruitment through autonomous teacher recruitment boards or similar bodies. The progress relating  to  filling  up  of  teacher  vacancies  through  competitive  selection  examinations conducted by the States/UTs, with due regard to consistency, sanctity and after undertaking technology-based comprehensive teacher requirement planning and forecasting exercises, is reviewed periodically through regular meetings with States/UTs as well as through advisories.

Further, under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, the Central Government provides financial assistance to States/UTs for maintaining appropriate Pupil-Teacher Ratios

(PTR)  and  for  teacher-related  interventions,  including  in-service  training,  teacher  capacity building, and institutional academic support through SCERTs, DIETs, BRCs and CRCs.

The Department also supports States/UTs in the adoption of ICT platforms such as DIKSHA and PM e-VIDYA, and in strengthening cluster-level academic support through BRCs and CRCs, to provide on-demand resources and pedagogical support to teachers and to mitigate, to the extent possible, the academic impact arising from staff shortages.

The pensionary benefits of employees of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), which functions under the Central Government, are governed by the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, as amended from time to time, in respect of employees who joined KVS service up  to  31.12.2003.  Employees  who  joined  the  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  on  or  after 01.01.2004 are covered under the National Pension System (NPS).

In respect of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), employees who joined service prior to 01.01.2004 are governed by the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme. Employees who joined the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti on or after 01.04.2009 are mandatorily covered under the New Pension Scheme (NPS). Employees who joined between 01.01.2004 and 01.04.2009 were provided a one-time option to choose between the CPF and NPS schemes. While a few employees opted for the NPS, the majority exercised the option for the CPF scheme. At present, employees  of  the  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Samiti  are  covered  either  under  the  Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme or the New Pension Scheme (NPS), as applicable.

The Government of Uttar Pradesh has informed that, in respect of the recruitment of 69,000 Assistant Teachers, a Special Leave Petition (Diary No. 38554/2024) titled Ravi Kumar Saxena & Others vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others has been filed before the Hon'ble Supreme Court against the order dated 13.08.2024 passed in Special Appeal No. 172/2023 (Mahendra Pal & Others vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others) and other connected special appeals, which arose out of the order dated 13.03.2023 passed in Writ Petition No. 13156/2020 (Mahendra Pal & Others vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others) and other connected petitions before the Hon'ble Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench.

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