Vacant teaching posts in Schools, Colleges and Universities administered by the Central & State Governments

LOK SABHA 

Vacancies in Educational Institutions

1354. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken note of a large number of vacant teaching posts in Schools, Colleges and Universities administered by the Central & State Governments;

(b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State/UT-wise and year-wise;

(c) the number of posts lying vacant in teaching positions sanctioned for candidates of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other Backward Classes/Economically Weaker Sections, in the aforementioned institutions during the last three years, State/UT-wise and year wise; and

(d) whether the Government has adopted any specific, time-bound measures to fill these vacancies, especially in posts sanctioned for SC/ST/OBC/EWS communities and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

(SMT ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (d): The recruitment of teachers is a continuous process. The vacancies keep arising due to a number of factors including retirement of teachers and additional requirements on account of enhanced students’ strength. Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and the recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers come under the purview of the concerned State/Union Territory (UT) Government. Also, the Ministry of Education requests Educational Institutions/State Governments/Union Territory Governments to fill up vacancies on a mission mode from time to time as a majority of Educational Institutions come under the functional domain of respective State/Union Territory Governments.

So far as colleges are concerned, a majority of them are established by the State Governments/Trusts/Registered Societies/Private Entities, etc. and the data in respect of the vacancies of teachers in these colleges are maintained by respective State/Union Territory Governments. The details of the vacant teaching posts in Central Schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan & Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti are at Annexure-I and those in Central Universities are at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN PART (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1354 FOR 25TH JULY, 2022 ASKED BY HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB REGARDING “VACANCIES IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS”.