Over 12,000 teacher, principal posts vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas: Government
6,414 posts of primary teachers, 3,176 TGTs, 14,09 PGTs are lying vacant in KVs, MoS Annapurna Devi told Rajya Sabha.
Vagisha Kaushik | April 6, 2023 | 12:20 PM IST
NEW DELHI : More than 12,000 posts of teachers and principals are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country, Minister of State (MoS) for education Annapurna Devi said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.
The minister was replying to a question by CM Ramesh about the last recruitment of teachers and principals in KVs and the subject-wise number of vacancies at present along with the steps taken to fill these vacancies.
Also Read | Over 9.8 lakh teacher vacancies in government schools across India: Report
The minister informed that there are a total of 12,099 vacancies of teachers and principals including anticipated vacancies up to December 2023 and direct recruitment has been started to fill the vacancies. The advertisement for direct recruitment was issued by KVS in December last year, she added.
Post-wise number of vacancies are as follows:
|
Posts |
Number of vacancies |
|
Principal |
239 |
|
Vice-principal |
203 |
|
Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) |
1,409 |
|
Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) |
3,176 |
|
Librarian |
355 |
|
Primary teacher |
6,414 |
|
Primary teacher (music) |
303 |
|
Total |
12,099 |
The minister further informed, “the last recruitment for filling of vacancies of teachers and principals was made by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) during the year 2018.”
The number of vacancies for different categories of teachers and principals are as follows:
|
Posts |
Number of vacancies |
|
Principal |
76 |
|
Vice-principal |
220 |
|
Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) |
592 |
|
Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) |
1,579 |
|
Librarian |
50 |
|
Trained graduate teachers (Miscellaneous) |
321 |
|
Primary teacher |
5,300 |
|
Primary teacher (music) |
201 |
|
Total |
8,339 |
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- Analysis: What the new UGC regulations on recruitment mean for academics, from assistant professor to VC
- Draft UGC rules draw flak as teachers oppose removal of contract staff cap, mandatory PhD for promotion
- Draft UGC regulations lift cap on contract teacher hiring, tighten control on VC appointments
- Close to 40 lakh students are enrolled in 1 lakh single-teacher schools: UDISE Plus 2023-24
- How did 1.88 crore children, over 17,000 schools vanish from UDISE Plus? The ministry must explain: Expert
- Why teachers are worried about semester system in West Bengal primary schools
- Universities need new AI, evaluation policies: Jindal Global Law School student who sued over results
- UDISE Plus 2023-24 shows school enrolment drop of 37 lakh spread across categories, levels
- Study Abroad 2025: UK, Australia, Italy drive student visa policy shifts; new study destinations emerge
- ‘MNLU Mumbai has a local-to-global approach; new campus in 2 years’: VC