The education ministry on Monday informed the Parliament that 58,626 teaching and non-teaching posts are lying vacant in government-managed institutions, which includes 29,276 vacancies in teaching posts and 29,350 in non-teaching posts.
Replying to a query raised by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Kalanidhi Veeraswamy on why there was a large number of vacancies in teaching and non-teaching posts in schools, minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar said, “...vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation, promotion and an additional requirement on account of upgradation/sanctioning of new streams as well as enhancement of students’ strength. 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 of the concerned Institution. Teachers are also engaged on a contractual basis for a temporary duration by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered.”
Sarkar assured that the government was focused on filling up the vacancies in KVs and that it had put up advertisements to expedite the process.
{{/usCountry}}Sarkar assured that the government was focused on filling up the vacancies in KVs and that it had put up advertisements to expedite the process.
{{/usCountry}}“Training programmes and workshops are also organised to update and empower teachers to ensure quality of education and efficiency,” he said in the written response.