Lok Sabha Question No. 182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Vacancies of Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHHOTELAL, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER, SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, C.S. PUTTARAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## Vacancies of Teachers

## † 182. SHRI CHHOTE LAL:

SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI: SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER: SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA: SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the shortage of teachers in various Government schools  and  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along with the steps taken by the Government to fill  up the vacancies, State/UT-wise and category-wise;
- (b) the number of vacancies for teachers funded by the Government under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), State-wise;
- (c)  the  number of teachers appointed in the States including Kerala during the last three years including the current year;
- (d) whether it is also a fact that a large number of teachers are being appointed on contract basis  depriving  them  the  regular  salary  and  fringe  benefits  and  if  so,  the  details  of teachers in private and public schools appointed on contract basis during the last three years; and
- (e) the steps taken to discourage/ prevent such appointments?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) are centrally  sponsored  schemes  implemented  to  support  the  States/UTs  for  universalization  of education  across  the  country.    Under  SSA,  a  total  of  19.48  lakh  teacher  posts  have  been sanctioned  to  ensure  the  pupil-teacher  ratio,  as  stipulated  in  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009  and 15.59 lakh teacher posts have been filled up and 3.9 lakh teacher posts are vacant as on 31 st August, 2015. The State-wise vacancy position of teachers

is  at Annexure- I .    Under  RMSA,  a  total  of  115428  teacher  posts  have  been  approved  out  of which 73607 teachers have been recruited by the States/UTs leaving a vacancy of 41821 teachers as  on  31 st October,  2015.  State-wise  details  are  at Annexure-II  (Table-B) .  In  Kendriya Vidyalayas, out of 45929 sanctioned posts, 9259 teaching posts are lying vacant as on 1.11.2015. State-wise details are at Annexure-III.

The Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Kendriya Vidyalayas is 1:26 as on 31 st March, 2015, whereas  it  is  1:19  in  Jawahar  Navodaya  Vidyalayas.  The  Central  Government  continuously pursues and takes up the issue of filling up of vacant teacher positions with the respective State Government/UTs,  which  have  the  primary  responsibility  to  fill  up  the  posts.  The  reasons  for shortage of teachers as reported by State Governments/UTs include, inter alia, procedural delays in teacher recruitment processes, non-availability of professionally qualified persons and sufficient number of candidates not qualifying the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) conducted by the appropriate governments.

(b): For vacant posts, no funds are provided to State/UTs under SSA and RMSA. Funds are provided towards salary only when the posts are filled up.

(c): The number of teachers recruited under SSA, RMSA and Kendriya Vidyalayas in Kerala during last three years is as under:

| Years   | Teachers appointed in Kerala   | Teachers appointed in Kerala   | Teachers appointed in Kerala   |
|---------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         | SSA                            | RMSA                           | KV                             |
| 2013-14 | 2925                           | 570                            | 0                              |
| 2014-15 | 1825                           | 666                            | 190                            |
| 2015-16 | 1825                           | 655                            | 42                             |

(d) & (e): Under SSA, the terms and conditions on which teachers are recruited are determined by the  State  Government.  The  State-wise  details  of  contract  teachers  are  at Annexure-IV .    The RMSA scheme provides for subject-wise teachers / Post Graduation teachers to ensure PTR of 1:30. The necessity of recruitment of approved teachers under SSA and RMSA on regular basis has  been  emphasized  at  different  interactive  forums  like  Central  Advisory  Board  of  Education (CABE),  Education  Secretaries'  meetings,  Regional  and  National  workshops  and  conferences, and Project Approval Board meetings under SSA and RMSA.

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ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 ASKED BY SHRI CHHOTE LAL,  SHRIMATI  MEENAKASHI  LEKHI,  SHRIMATI  P.K.  SREEMATHI  TEACHER, SHRI  SANGANNA  AMARAPPA  AND  SHRI  C.S.  PUTTA  RAJU  REGARDING 'VACANCIES OF TEACHERS'.

| Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   | Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                 |                                                       | Sanctioned Post                                       | Sanctioned Post                                       | Sanctioned Post                                       | Working                                               | Working                                               | Working                                               |                                                       |                                                       |
|                                                       | State/UT                                              | By State                                              | Under SSA                                             | Total                                                 | By State                                              | Under SSA                                             | Total                                                 | By State                                              | Vacanci Under SSA                                     |
| 1                                                     | Andaman &Nicobar Island                               | 3557                                                  | 206                                                   | 3763                                                  | 3311                                                  | 157                                                   | 3468                                                  | 246                                                   | 49                                                    |
| 2                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 122926                                                | 24213                                                 | 147139                                                | 105798                                                | 24213                                                 | 130011                                                | 17128                                                 | 0                                                     |
| 3                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 6163                                                  | 7340                                                  | 13503                                                 | 6163                                                  | 6561                                                  | 12724                                                 | 0                                                     | 779                                                   |
| 4                                                     | Assam                                                 | 156005                                                | 45686                                                 | 201691                                                | 132608                                                | 34510                                                 | 167118                                                | 23397                                                 | 11176                                                 |
| 5                                                     | Bihar                                                 | 190497                                                | 402042                                                | 592539                                                | 122524                                                | 284699                                                | 407223                                                | 67973                                                 | 11734                                                 |
| 6                                                     | Chandigarh                                            | 3950                                                  | 1390                                                  | 5340                                                  | 2016                                                  | 1160                                                  | 3176                                                  | 1934                                                  | 230                                                   |
| 7                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                          | 189019                                                | 52946                                                 | 241965                                                | 159463                                                | 51577                                                 | 211040                                                | 29556                                                 | 1369                                                  |
| 8                                                     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                   | 858                                                   | 946                                                   | 1804                                                  | 814                                                   | 692                                                   | 1506                                                  | 44                                                    | 254                                                   |
| 9                                                     | Daman &Diu                                            | 483                                                   | 118                                                   | 601                                                   | 483                                                   | 59                                                    | 542                                                   | 0                                                     | 59                                                    |
| 10                                                    | Delhi                                                 | 48549                                                 | 6541                                                  | 55090                                                 | 36620                                                 | 3059                                                  | 39679                                                 | 11929                                                 | 3482                                                  |
| 11                                                    | Goa                                                   | 5510                                                  | 179                                                   | 5689                                                  | 5510                                                  | 179                                                   | 5689                                                  | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 12                                                    | Gujarat                                               | 172032                                                | 53688                                                 | 225720                                                | 172032                                                | 43751                                                 | 215783                                                | 0                                                     | 9937                                                  |
| 13                                                    | Haryana                                               | 56655                                                 | 13435                                                 | 70090                                                 | 46653                                                 | 11614                                                 | 58267                                                 | 10002                                                 | 1821                                                  |
| 14                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 44022                                                 | 5556                                                  | 49578                                                 | 42413                                                 | 5556                                                  | 47969                                                 | 1609                                                  | 0                                                     |
| 15                                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                                        | 48396                                                 | 43471                                                 | 91867                                                 | 43592                                                 | 41509                                                 | 85101                                                 | 4804                                                  | 1962                                                  |
| 16                                                    | Jharkhand                                             | 69522                                                 | 122678                                                | 192200                                                | 34052                                                 | 78554                                                 | 112606                                                | 35470                                                 | 44124                                                 |
| 17                                                    | Karnataka                                             | 204035                                                | 29057                                                 | 233092                                                | 189332                                                | 24274                                                 | 213606                                                | 14703                                                 | 4783                                                  |
| 18                                                    | Kerala                                                | 123457                                                | 2925                                                  | 126382                                                | 123457                                                | 1825                                                  | 125282                                                | 0                                                     | 1100                                                  |
| 19                                                    | Lakshadweep                                           | 699                                                   | 40                                                    | 739                                                   | 659                                                   | 32                                                    | 691                                                   | 40                                                    | 8                                                     |
| 20                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 184171                                                | 178928                                                | 363099                                                | 176043                                                | 144372                                                | 320415                                                | 8128                                                  | 34556                                                 |
| 21                                                    | Maharashtra                                           | 286696                                                | 15387                                                 | 302083                                                | 280456                                                | 15387                                                 | 295843                                                | 6240                                                  | 0                                                     |
| 22                                                    | Manipur                                               | 15591                                                 | 3235                                                  | 18826                                                 | 15591                                                 | 2871                                                  | 18462                                                 | 0                                                     | 364                                                   |
| 23                                                    | Meghalaya                                             | 9215                                                  | 13370                                                 | 22585                                                 | 9215                                                  | 12481                                                 | 21696                                                 | 0                                                     | 889                                                   |
| 24                                                    | Mizoram                                               | 10280                                                 | 2228                                                  | 12508                                                 | 9371                                                  | 2193                                                  | 11564                                                 | 909                                                   | 35                                                    |
| 25                                                    | Nagaland                                              | 13504                                                 | 3464                                                  | 16968                                                 | 13504                                                 | 3147                                                  | 16651                                                 | 0                                                     | 317                                                   |
| 26                                                    | Odisha                                                | 136669                                                | 92337                                                 | 229006                                                | 133303                                                | 92337                                                 | 225640                                                | 3366                                                  | 0                                                     |
| 27                                                    | Puducherry                                            | 3876                                                  | 30                                                    | 3906                                                  | 3148                                                  | 12                                                    | 3160                                                  | 728                                                   | 18                                                    |
| 28                                                    | Punjab                                                | 81423                                                 | 14090                                                 | 95513                                                 | 63437                                                 | 10661                                                 | 74098                                                 | 17986                                                 | 3429                                                  |
| 29                                                    | Rajasthan                                             | 156392                                                | 122024                                                | 278416                                                | 155540                                                | 98677                                                 | 254217                                                | 852                                                   | 23347                                                 |
| 30                                                    | Sikkim                                                | 7206                                                  | 563                                                   | 7769                                                  | 7206                                                  | 563                                                   | 7769                                                  | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 31                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                            | 128648                                                | 35001                                                 | 163649                                                | 127268                                                | 34908                                                 | 162176                                                | 1380                                                  | 93                                                    |
| 32                                                    | Telangana                                             | 83230                                                 | 14277                                                 | 97507                                                 | 70181                                                 | 14277                                                 | 84458                                                 | 13049                                                 | 0                                                     |
| 33                                                    | Tripura                                               | 28230                                                 | 6070                                                  | 34300                                                 | 28230                                                 | 5808                                                  | 34038                                                 | 0                                                     | 262                                                   |
| 34                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 336543                                                | 423355                                                | 759898                                                | 193016                                                | 352734                                                | 545750                                                | 143527                                                | 70621                                                 |
| 35                                                    | Uttarakhand                                           | 35144                                                 | 10909                                                 | 46053                                                 | 32843                                                 | 6502                                                  | 39345                                                 | 2301                                                  | 4407                                                  |

| 36   | West Bengal   |   253890 |   200970 |   454860 |   227253 |   147730 |   374983 |   26637 |   53240 |
|------|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
|      | TOTAL         |  3217043 |  1948695 |  5165738 |  2773105 |  1558641 |  4331746 |  443938 |   39005 |

Source: PAB Minutes 2015-16

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 ASKED BY SHRI CHHOTE LAL,  SHRIMATI  MEENAKASHI  LEKHI,  SHRIMATI  P.K.  SREEMATHI  TEACHER, SHRI  SANGANNA  AMARAPPA  AND  SHRI  C.S.  PUTTA  RAJU  REGARDING 'VACANCIES OF TEACHERS'.

(Table A) State-wise in-position Teachers under RMSA sanctioned for newly upgraded secondary schools.

| Sr. No   | State/UT          | Schools Approved   | Teachers   | Teachers    | Teachers   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|------------|-------------|------------|
| Sr. No   | State/UT          | Schools Approved   | Approved   | In-position | Vacant     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 96                 | 576        | 55          | 521        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 62                 | 383        | 244         | 139        |
| 3        | Assam             | 4                  | 24         | 0           | 24         |
| 4        | Bihar             | 1153               | 7705       | 2495        | 5210       |
| 5        | Chandigarh        | 2                  | 0          | 0           | 0          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 1357               | 8860       | 4839        | 4021       |
| 7        | Daman and Diu     | 3                  | 18         | 18          | 0          |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 327                | 1308       | 0           | 1308       |
| 9        | Haryana           | 58                 | 222        | 102         | 120        |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 163                | 652        | 652         | 0          |
| 11       | Jammu and Kashmir | 636                | 4318       | 2632        | 1686       |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 1000               | 6000       | 0           | 6000       |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 444                | 2969       | 2009        | 960        |
| 14       | Kerala            | 112                | 672        | 655         | 17         |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1428               | 8568       | 4534        | 4034       |
| 16       | Manipur           | 159                | 1088       | 853         | 235        |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 41                 | 271        | 52          | 219        |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 88                 | 574        | 519         | 55         |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 168                | 1212       | 247         | 965        |
| 20       | Odisha            | 855                | 6530       | 1748        | 4782       |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 9                  | 54         | 24          | 30         |
| 22       | Punjab            | 304                | 2122       | 1003        | 1119       |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 114                | 684        | 0           | 684        |
| 24       | Sikkim            | 15                 | 90         | 42          | 48         |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 1096               | 6568       | 6568        | 0          |
| 26       | Tripura           | 108                | 565        | 367         | 198        |
| 27       | Telengana         | 8                  | 48         | 0           | 48         |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1504               | 10168      | 2496        | 7672       |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       | 280                | 1842       | 832         | 1010       |
| 30       | West Bengal       | 5                  | 30         | 3           | 27         |
| Total    | Total             | 11599              | 74121      | 32989       | 41132      |

Source: PAB minutes

(Table B) Additional Teachers to the Existing Govt. Secondary Schools sanctioned under RMSA

| States            |   No. of additional Teachers sanctioned |   No. of Teachers Recruited |   Vacant |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                    5433 |                        5433 |        0 |
| Haryana           |                                    7223 |                        7223 |        0 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                                    9665 |                        8976 |      689 |
| Rajasthan         |                                    8098 |                        8098 |        0 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                                    6752 |                        6752 |        0 |
| Telangana         |                                    4136 |                        4136 |        0 |
| Total             |                                   41307 |                       40618 |      689 |
| Grand Total (A+B) |                                  115428 |                       73607 |    41821 |

Source: PAB minutes

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 ASKED BY SHRI CHHOTE LAL,  SHRIMATI  MEENAKASHI  LEKHI,  SHRIMATI  P.K.  SREEMATHI  TEACHER, SHRI  SANGANNA  AMARAPPA  AND  SHRI  C.S.  PUTTA  RAJU  REGARDING 'VACANCIES OF TEACHERS'.

Status on teachers (sanctioned, working, vacancies) in Kendriya Vidyalayas

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT        |   Sanctioned |   In position |   Vacancies |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island |          110 |            73 |          37 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          |         1031 |           732 |         281 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       |          389 |           195 |         194 |
| 4        | Assam                   |         1898 |          1135 |         763 |
| 5        | Bihar                   |         1577 |          1351 |         226 |
| 6        | Chandigarh              |          292 |           282 |          10 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            |          963 |           723 |         240 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |           36 |            13 |           3 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu              |           16 |            24 |          12 |
| 10       | Delhi                   |         3469 |          3279 |         191 |
| 11       | Goa                     |          182 |           119 |          63 |
| 12       | Gujarat                 |         1457 |          1243 |         214 |
| 13       | Haryana                 |         1091 |          1023 |          68 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh        |          677 |           573 |         107 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir          |         1141 |           770 |         371 |
| 16       | Jharkhand               |         1071 |           893 |         178 |
| 17       | Karnataka               |         1756 |          1352 |         404 |
| 18       | Kerala                  |         1663 |          1332 |         331 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep             |           22 |            11 |          11 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh          |         3507 |          2931 |         626 |
| 21       | Maharashtra             |         2532 |          2104 |         428 |
| 22       | Manipur                 |          219 |           109 |         100 |
| 23       | Meghalaya               |          231 |           129 |         102 |
| 24       | Mizoram                 |           86 |            41 |          45 |
| 25       | Nagaland                |          128 |            47 |          81 |
| 26       | Odisha                  |         1697 |          1311 |         386 |
| 27       | Puducherry              |          178 |            80 |          98 |
| 28       | Punjab                  |         1778 |          1491 |         286 |
| 29       | Rajasthan               |         2404 |          2211 |         194 |
| 30       | Sikkim                  |           55 |            33 |          22 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu              |         2403 |          1145 |        1258 |
| 32       | Telangana               |         1208 |           937 |         271 |
| 33       | Tripura                 |          240 |           119 |         121 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh           |         5315 |          4802 |         531 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand             |         1564 |          1310 |         254 |
| 36       | West Bengal             |         2323 |          1681 |         642 |
| Total    | Total                   |        44709 |         35604 |        9149 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  182  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  30.11.2015  ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHHOTE  LAL, SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI, SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER, SHRI SANGANNA  AMARAPPA  AND  SHRI  C.S.  PUTTA  RAJU  REGARDING  'VACANCIES  OF TEACHERS'.

Contract teachers working under SSA (as on 31 st March 2015)

| Sl. No.   | State / UTs              |   Number of Teachers |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                  157 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |                    0 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |                 6527 |
| 4         | Assam                    |                34510 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |               267434 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |                 1151 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |                22197 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                  692 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |                    0 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |                 3059 |
| 11        | Goa                      |                    0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |                    0 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |                    0 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |                 1695 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |                 8567 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |                78554 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |                    0 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |                    0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |                   32 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           |                49627 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              |                    0 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |                    0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                |                12481 |
| 24        | Mizoram                  |                 2193 |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |                    0 |
| 26        | Odisha                   |                92337 |
| 27        | Puducherry               |                    0 |
| 28        | Punjab                   |                    0 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                |                    0 |
| 30        | Sikkim                   |                  156 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               |                    0 |
| 32        | Telangana                |                    0 |
| 33        | Tripura                  |                 5808 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            |                15242 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              |                  265 |
| 36        | West Bengal              |                98899 |
|           | Total                    |               701583 |

Source: PAB Minutes 2015-16