Question : Shortage of Teachers

(a) whether there is acute shortage of teachers in primary, upper primary and secondary
levels in Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government has assessed the student-teacher ratio in Kendriya
Vidyalayas and if so, the details thereof;
(d) the other steps taken by the Government to fill up vacant posts of teachers in
Kendriya Vidyalayas and improve the teacher-student ratio in schools; and
(e) whether lack of trained teachers has also affected students getting quality education in
Kendriya Vidyalayas and if so, the corrective steps taken by the Government in this
regard?

(a) & (b): Some vacancies of teachers always exist due to time lag between occurrence of
vacancies and completion of recruitment. Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process.
However, while the process of regular recruitment is undertaken from time to time, in the
interim, with a view to ensuring that the academic interests of the students are not adversely
affected, contractual teachers are engaged as per requirement. As on 1.2.2018, out of
43460 sanctioned posts of teachers, 7024 posts are lying vacant. The details are annexed.
(c) At present, the student-teacher ratio in the KVS is 27:1.
(d) As part of the continuous recruitment process, KVS has appointed 6170 teachers
and 85 Principals in 2017 through Direct Recruitment.
(e) KVS recruits only trained teachers as per its recruitment policy. Quality of education
is well maintained in the KVs as is evident from the following table:-.
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CLASS –X CLASS-XII
YEAR KENDRIYA
VIDYALAYAS
CBSE
SCHOOLS
KENDRIYA
VIDYALAYAS
CBSE SCHOOLS
2013 99.90% 98.76% 94.82% 82.10%
2014 99.59% 98.87% 97.39% 82.66%
2015 99.39% 97.32% 94.75% 82.00%
2016 98.92% 96.21% 95.43% 83.05%
2017 99.73% 90.95% 95.86% 82.02%
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 2733 FOR 12TH MARCH, 2018 RAISED BY DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT,
SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM, SHRI SATAV
RAJEEV, SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU & DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF
PARLIAMENT REGARDING SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS
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S.
No. NAME OF POST SANCTIONED
STRENGTH IN POSITION VACANT
PGTs
1 HINDI 1056 835 221
2 ENGLISH 1214 982 232
3 HISTORY 408 310 98
4 ECONOMICS 809 597 212
5 GEOGRAPHY 413 329 84
6 PHYSICS 1319 1064 255
7 CHEMISTRY 1320 1062 258
8 MATHS 1237 1024 213
9 BIOLOGY 1026 825 201
10 COMMERCE 729 672 57
11 COMPUTER SCIENCE 1099 1022 77
12 BIO TECHNOLOGY 30 28 2
TGTs
13 HINDI 2165 1524 641
14 ENGLISH 2597 1967 630
15 SANSKRIT 1358 979 379
16 SOCIAL STUDIES 2184 1575 609
17 MATHS 2602 1991 611
18 BIOLOGY 1729 1223 506
19 TGT(PHYSICAL &
HEALTH EDUCATION) 1174 1106 68
20 TGT(ART EDUCATION) 1144 1095 49
21 TGT(WORK
EXPERIENCE) 1168 1088 80
22 YOGA TEACHER 109 83 26
23 LIBRARIAN 1211 990 221
24 PRIMARY TEACHERS 15359 14065 1294
TOTAL 43460 36436 7024
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