Over 13,000 teaching posts vacant in KV, Navodaya schools

The Ministry of Education has informed Parliament that there are over 13,700 teaching positions vacant across India's two central school networks, the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs). According to the data, 8,618 posts remain unfilled in KVs and a further 5,083 in JNVs, bringing the combined shortfall to 13,701 positions.

The Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant Chaudhary, attributed the vacancies to multiple drivers, including the opening of new schools, retirements, resignations, promotions, inter-departmental transfers, and school upgradations. These factors create fresh gaps faster than they can be filled.

To plug the gaps in the interim, both KVs and JNVs have been engaging teachers on a contractual basis. This stopgap measure ensures that classroom instruction is not disrupted while regular recruitment proceeds.

Efforts are being made to recruit regular teachers at the earliest to prevent the interest of students from suffering. The track record of KVs and JNVs in public examinations demonstrates that academic standards and students' performance are duly maintained.

The Ministry has acknowledged that 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.