253 Kendriya Vidyalayas functioning in temporary buildings; highest in Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI: The ministry of education told the Lok Sabha today that a total of 253 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are functioning in the temporary accommodation provided by various sponsoring authorities.

The minister of state in the ministry of education, Subhas Sarkar was responding to a question on whether Kendriya Vidyalayas are operational in rented accommodation and if they are paying huge amounts of rent.

The Union minister said: “Construction of permanent buildings for KVs is a continuous process, which depends upon identification of suitable land, completion of lease formalities in favour of KVS by the sponsoring authorities, submission of drawings, estimates by construction agency, availability of funds and requisite approvals etc.”

At present, there are 1,249 Kendriya Vidyalayas functioning in the country and 253 KVs, that is 20.2% are functioning in temporary accommodation. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of 23 KVs operating in temporary buildings, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.

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Recently, Union minister Subhas Sarkar informed the Lok Sabha that over 12,000 teaching posts in Kendriya Vidyalayas are lying vacant.

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On whether Tamil Nadu is facing the maximum crunch of teachers in KVs where mostly admitted students are children of central government employees, the minister had said: “Teachers were transferred on administrative grounds for rationalization and redistribution of teachers for ensuring availability of adequate number of regular teachers in the schools.” He further said that the KVS has also started the process of filling up vacancies of teaching and non-teaching posts.