Lok Sabha Question No. 1408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-09
Subject: Vacancies in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Bag Mitali

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026

## Vacancies in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti

1408. Smt. Bag Mitali:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  sanctioned  posts  and  existing  vacancies  in  the  Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), covering both faculty and non-faculty positions;

(b) the details of recruitment in permanent positions in NVS (faculty and non-faculty) carried out since 2014 in the country, year-wise and category-wise;

(c)  the  details  of  the  number  of  contractual  staff  engaged  by  NVS  since  2014,  for both faculty and non-faculty posts, year-wise;

(d) the details of the number of posts filled by candidates belonging to EWS, OBC and SC/ST categories in NVS both faculty and non-faculty positions, category-wise; and

(e)  whether  reservation  norms  have  been  adhered  to  in  the  engagement  of contractual staff in NVS and if so, the category-wise details of contractual staff from EWS, OBC and SC/ST categories?

## 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  teachinglearning process is not hampered.

Regular appointment is made by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) through direct  recruitment  process  as  per  the  recruitment  rules  of  NVS  incorporating  the reservation norms as notified by the Government of India from time to time. The staff are engaged on contractual for short duration or on urgent need basis to protect the interest of the students.

The  faculty  (teaching)  and  non-faculty  (non-teaching)  posts  sanctioned  and vacant in NVS as on 31.12.2025, are as under:

| Posts        | Sanctioned Posts   | Vacancies   |
|--------------|--------------------|-------------|
| Teaching     | 17,510             | 5,083       |
| Non-Teaching | 9,324              | 1,221       |

Year-wise and category-wise details of recruitment made for regular posts of teaching and non-teaching by NVS, since 2014, are at Annexure - I. Year-wise details of contractual staff of teaching and non-teaching engaged in NVS since 2014, are at Annexure - II. The details of posts filled by EWS, OBC and SC / ST categories in NVS for teaching and non-teaching posts, as on 31.12.2025, are as under:

| Posts        |   EWS | OBC   | SC    | ST    |
|--------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Teaching     |   290 | 4,167 | 2,051 | 947   |
| Non-Teaching |   145 | 2,737 | 1,816 | 1,018 |

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1408  ANSWERED  ON  09.02.2026  ASKED  BY SMT. BAG MITALI, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING VACANCIES IN NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI Year-wise and category-wise details of recruitment made for regular posts of teaching and non-teaching by NVS, since 2014

| Year     | Teaching posts   | Teaching posts   | Teaching posts   | Teaching posts   | Teaching posts   | Non-Teaching posts   | Non-Teaching posts   | Non-Teaching posts   | Non-Teaching posts   | Non-Teaching posts   | Non-Teaching posts   |
|----------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Year     | UR               | EWS              | OBC              | SC               | ST               | UR                   | EWS                  | OBC                  | SC ST                | Total                |                      |
| 2014 35  | -                | 28               | 6                | 2                | 30               | -                    | 24                   | 15                   | 9                    | 149                  |                      |
| 2015 105 | -                | 48               | 27               | 12               | 19               | -                    | 16                   | 5                    | 8                    | 240                  |                      |
| 2016 3   | -                | 1                | 1                | 2                | 4                | -                    | 2                    | 2                    | 3                    | 18                   |                      |
| 2017 233 | -                | 174              | 110              | 108              | 3                | -                    | 1                    | 3                    | -                    | 632                  |                      |
| 2018 204 | -                | 119              | 72               | 57               | 22               | -                    | 41                   | 16                   | 11                   | 542                  |                      |
| 2019 63  | -                | 64               | 25               | 10               | 23               | -                    | 18                   | 4                    | 5                    | 212                  |                      |
| 2020 138 | 22               | 118              | 63               | 15               | 26               | -                    | 26                   | 17                   | 13                   | 438                  |                      |
| 2021 319 | 105              | 417              | 207              | 106              | 73               | 3                    | 62                   | 50                   | 29                   | 1371                 |                      |
| 2022 110 | 34               | 128              | 41               | 23               | 137              | 21                   | 122                  | 49                   | 36                   | 701                  |                      |
| 2023 492 | 109              | 532              | 205              | 84               | 179              | 53                   | 419                  | 137                  | 72                   | 2282                 |                      |
| 2024 140 | 20               | 95               | 59               | 26               | 39               | 20                   | 112                  | 36                   | 20                   | 567                  |                      |
| 2025 -   | -                | -                | -                | -                | 427              | 54                   | 86                   | 151                  | 42                   | 760                  |                      |
| Total    | 1842 290         | 1724             | 816              | 445              | 982              | 151                  | 929                  | 485                  | 248                  | 7912                 |                      |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1408  ANSWERED  ON  09.02.2026  ASKED  BY SMT. BAG MITALI, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING VACANCIES IN NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI Year-wise details of contractual staff of faculty (Teaching) and non-faculty

(Non-Teaching) engaged in NVS, since 2014

|   Year |   Teaching |   Non-teaching |   Total |
|--------|------------|----------------|---------|
|   2014 |       2189 |            268 |    2457 |
|   2015 |       2683 |            263 |    2946 |
|   2016 |       2794 |            299 |    3093 |
|   2017 |       2671 |            414 |    3085 |
|   2018 |       2667 |            439 |    3106 |
|   2019 |       3040 |            494 |    3534 |
|   2020 |       2953 |           1031 |    3984 |
|   2021 |       2403 |           1055 |    3458 |
|   2022 |       2155 |           1185 |    3340 |
|   2023 |       2500 |            874 |    3374 |
|   2024 |       3237 |           1262 |    4499 |
|   2025 |       3437 |           1432 |    4869 |

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