Staff Shortages in Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 24
ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025
Shortage of Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff in Schools
24. Shri Bishnu Pada Ray:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that around fifty percent of Government schools in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands are functioning without Principals, Vice-Principals, or Headmasters, and that many schools are also facing an acute shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff due to long-pending vacancies;
(b) if so, the details of reasons for not filling up these sanctioned posts despite the impact on the quality of education;
(c) whether it is also a fact that the people is representative of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has expressed serious concern and brought this issue to the notice of the Union Government for immediate remedial action; and
(d) if so, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the UT Administration to fill these long-pending vacancies and ensure smooth functioning of all Government schools in the Islands?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d): The Directorate of Education, UT Administration of A&N Islands conducted recruitment drive during the year 2023 and 2024 and filled up 988 teaching and non- teaching posts to mitigate the shortages of staff in schools.
Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, an overwhelming majority of the schools in the country come under the administrative control of the concerned State Governments/Union Territory administrations. The vacancies of teaching and non-teaching staff arise due to retirement, resignation, promotion and additional requirement on account of up-gradation / sanctioning of new streams as well as enhancement of students’ strength. Filling up of these vacancies is a continuous process and the UT Administration of A&N Islands is taking suitable steps to fill up these vacancies as per the provisions of the relevant recruitment rules.
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