Lok Sabha Question No. 111 (STARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: Vacancies in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 111 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

## Vacancies in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

- *111.   SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL:
- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the number  of vacancies and sanctioned posts in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) across the country both faculty and non-faculty posts; (b) the details of recruitment made for permanent positions in KVS including faculty and non-faculty posts since 2014, year and category-wise; (c) the number of contractual staff including faculty and non-faculty hired in KVS since 2014, year wise; (d) the details and the number of posts filled by EWS, OBC and SC/ST candidates in KVS in faculty and non-faculty posts, category-wise; and whether  any  reservation  norms  have  been  followed  by  the  Government  in recruitment of contractual staff in KVS, if so, the details of contractual staff from
- (e) EWS, OBC and SC/STs, category-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTIONS NO. 111 ASKED BY SHRI KALIPADA SAREN KHERWAL, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025 REGARDING 'Vacancies in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan'. (a) to (e) Vacancies keep on arising due to opening of new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs),  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 KV  to  ensure  that  the  teaching-learning  process  is  not  hampered.  Since  this engagement  is  purely stop-gap  in nature, made  to  prevent  disruption in the teaching-learning process until the regular incumbent joins, the tenure of contractual teachers cannot be predetermined.  Efforts are  made to  recruit  regular  teachers at the earliest so that interest of students does not suffer. Regular  appointment  is  made  by  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS) through direct recruitment process as per the recruitment rules of KVS incorporating the reservation norms as notified by the Government of India from time to time. The  total  number  of  sanctioned  posts,  staff  in  position  (category  wise)  and vacant  posts  of  teaching  and  non-teaching  staff  in  KVS  across  the  country  as  on

01.11.2025 is as under:

| Post               | Sanctioned   | Staff in position   | Staff in position   | Staff in position   | Staff in position   | Staff in position   | Staff in position   | Vacant posts   |
|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------|
|                    | posts        | UR                  | EWS                 | OBC                 | SC                  | ST                  | TOTAL               |                |
| Teaching Staff     | 50414        | 17427               | 1114                | 13211               | 7235                | 2970                | 41957               | 8457           |
| Non-Teaching Staff | 6106         | 1701                | 65                  | 1116                | 1172                | 336                 | 4390                | 1716           |
| Total              | 56520        | 19128               | 1179                | 14327               | 8407                | 3306                | 46347               | 10173          |

The details of year-wise and category-wise recruitment made in KVS since 2014 are as under:

| Year     | Posts        | Recruitment made /Offer of appointment issued   | Recruitment made /Offer of appointment issued   | Recruitment made /Offer of appointment issued   | Recruitment made /Offer of appointment issued   | Recruitment made /Offer of appointment issued   | Recruitment made /Offer of appointment issued   |
|----------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Year     |              | UR                                              | EWS                                             | OBC                                             | SC                                              | ST                                              | TOTAL                                           |
| 2014-15* | Teaching     | 52                                              | 0                                               | 23                                              | 12                                              | 6                                               | 93                                              |
| 2014-15* | Non-Teaching | 1                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 1                                               | 2                                               |
| 2015-16* | Teaching     | 1926                                            | 0                                               | 997                                             | 571                                             | 290                                             | 3784                                            |
| 2015-16* | Non-Teaching | 280                                             | 0                                               | 151                                             | 84                                              | 40                                              | 555                                             |
| 2016-17  | Teaching     | 3202                                            | 0                                               | 1618                                            | 915                                             | 458                                             | 6193                                            |
| 2016-17  | Non-Teaching | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               | 0                                               |
| 2017-18  | Teaching     | 4522                                            | 0                                               | 2468                                            | 1387                                            | 696                                             | 9073                                            |
| 2017-18  | Non-Teaching | 399                                             | 0                                               | 206                                             | 119                                             | 59                                              | 783                                             |
|          | Teaching     | 4865                                            | 1114                                            | 3116                                            | 1769                                            | 869                                             | 11733                                           |
|          | Non-Teaching | 455                                             | 119                                             | 324                                             | 176                                             | 60                                              | 1134                                            |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL        | 15702                                           | 1233                                            | 8903                                            | 5033                                            | 2479                                            | 33350                                           |

Number of contractual teachers engaged in KVs against sanctioned posts since the Academic Session 2014-15 is as under:

|   S.No. | Academic Session   |   Number of contractual teachers engaged against sanctioned posts |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2014-15            |                                                              7534 |
|       2 | 2015-16            |                                                              7873 |
|       3 | 2016-17            |                                                              9061 |
|       4 | 2017-18            |                                                              7568 |
|       5 | 2018-19            |                                                              9539 |
|       6 | 2019-20            |                                                              8912 |
|       7 | 2020-21            |                                                              3260 |
|       8 | 2021-22            |                                                              8105 |
|       9 | 2022-23            |                                                             10462 |
|      10 | 2023-24            |                                                              3404 |
|      11 | 2024-25            |                                                              6920 |

The data with respect to 2025-26 is dynamic in nature and teachers are engaged on contractual basis as per need/requirement.

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