Shortage of teachers in primary and upper primary schools in the country: More than 8 lakh posts vacant

Shortage of teachers in primary and upper primary schools in the country: More than 8 lakh posts vacant

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1355

Shortage of Teachers

1355. SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken note of the acute shortage of teachers in primary and upper primary schools in the country and if so, the details thereof, Statewise including Telangana along with reasons therefor;

(b) the number of teachers sanctioned/ filled required for primary and upper primary schools in the country during the last two years and the current year, Statewise including Telangana; and

(c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to address the vacancies in primary and upper primary schools in the country particularly in rural areas?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) which is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented to support the States/UTs for universalization of elementary education across the country, a total of 19.48 lakh teacher posts have been sanctioned to ensure the pupil-teacher ratio, as stipulated in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. Out of these 15.59 lakh teacher posts have been filled up as on 31st August, 2015. The State-wise vacancy position of teachers including Telangana in primary and upper primary schools is at Annexure- I (Table A & Table B). The State-wise details of posts of teachers sanctioned/ filled in primary and upper primary schools including Telangana during the years 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16 are at Annexure- II, Annexure- III and Annexure- IV, respectively.

(c): Central government regularly takes up the issue of filling up of vacant teacher posts with the State government/UTs, which have the primary responsibility to fill up the posts.  

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1355 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY AND SHRI B. SRIRAMULU REGARDING “SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS”. 

(Table A)

Status on Primary Teachers under State & SSA as on 31st August, 2015 

S.No.	State/UT	Sanctioned Post			Working			Vacancies
		By State	Under SSA	Total	By State	Under SSA	Total	By State	Under SSA	Total
1	A. & N. Island	2066	89	2155	1926	67	1993	140	22	162
2	Andhra Pradesh	102392	6906	109298	88886	6906	95792	13506	0	13506
3	Arunachal Pradesh	4205	4952	9157	4205	4446	8651	0	506	506
4	Assam	93540	38493	132033	80440	28915	109355	13100	9578	22678
5	Bihar	139955	266297	406252	88908	209845	298753	51047	56452	107499
6	Chandigarh	1398	728	2126	722	620	1342	676	108	784
7	Chhattisgarh	123360	24737	148097	103144	24053	127197	20216	684	20900
8	D.& N.Haveli	666	437	1103	636	364	1000	30	73	103
9	Daman & Diu	306	70	376	306	55	361	0	15	15
10	Delhi	24477	2780	27257	18559	1139	19698	5918	1641	7559
11	Goa	2963	179	3142	2963	179	3142	0	0	0
12	Gujarat	128382	5052	133434	128382	5052	133434	0	0	0
13	Haryana	37185	7094	44279	27659	7094	34753	9526	0	9526
14	Himachal Pradesh	28634	240	28874	27689	240	27929	945	0	945
15	Jammu & Kashmir	32610	21788	54398	30860	20988	51848	1750	800	2550
16	Jharkhand	62684	85545	148229	32850	57997	90847	29834	27548	57382
17	Karnataka	53425	21682	75107	46198	18729	64927	7227	2953	10180
18	Kerala	56990	1570	58560	56990	987	57977	0	583	583
19	Lakshadweep	380	12	392	356	12	368	24	0	24
20	Madhya Pradesh	149540	93802	243342	143973	76412	220385	5567	17390	22957
21	Maharashtra	209205	14940	224145	209205	14940	224145	0	0	0
22	Manipur	11623	2297	13920	11623	2297	13920	0	0	0
23	Meghalaya	8756	6649	15405	8756	5766	14522	0	883	883
24	Mizoram	4894	570	5464	4153	550	4703	741	20	761
25	Nagaland	10325	1679	12004	10325	1485	11810	0	194	194
26	Odisha	96893	51576	148469	94507	51576	146083	2386	0	2386
27	Puducherry	2351	12	2363	1803	6	1809	548	6	554
28	Punjab	44806	4431	49237	37966	3798	41764	6840	633	7473
29	Rajasthan	63828	59492	123320	63052	51783	114835	776	7709	8485
30	Sikkim	5193	284	5477	5193	284	5477	0	0	0
31	Tamil Nadu	82822	7831	90653	82101	7753	89854	721	78	799
32	Telangana	63844	5507	69351	53432	5507	58939	10412	0	10412
33	Tripura	19124	3061	22185	19124	2802	21926	0	259	259
34	Uttar Pradesh	281010	317489	598499	159039	274907	433946	121971	42582	164553
35	Uttarakhand	25283	6184	31467	24219	2948	27167	1064	3236	4300
36	West Bengal	181061	85279	266340	154424	76050	230474	26637	9229	35866
TOTAL		2156176	1149734	3305910	1824574	966552	2791126	331602	183182	514784

ANNEXURE-I

(Table B)

Status on Upper Primary Teachers under State & SSA as on 31st August, 2015

S.No.	State/UT	Sanctioned Post			Working			Vacancies
		By State	Under SSA	Total	By State	Under SSA	Total	By State	Under SSA	Total
1	A.& N. Island	1491	117	1608	1385	90	1475	106	27	133
2	Andhra Pradesh	20534	17307	37841	16912	17307	34219	3622	0	3622
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1958	2388	4346	1958	2115	4073	0	273	273
4	Assam	62465	7193	69658	52168	5595	57763	10297	1598	11895
5	Bihar	50542	135745	186287	33616	74854	108470	16926	60891	77817
6	Chandigarh	2552	662	3214	1294	540	1834	1258	122	1380
7	Chhattisgarh	65659	28209	93868	56319	27524	83843	9340	685	10025
8	D.& Nagar Haveli	192	509	701	178	328	506	14	181	195
9	Daman & Diu	177	48	225	177	4	181	0	44	44
10	Delhi	24072	3761	27833	18061	1920	19981	6011	1841	7852
11	Goa	2547	0	2547	2547	0	2547	0	0	0
12	Gujarat	43650	48636	92286	43650	38699	82349	0	9937	9937
13	Haryana	19470	6341	25811	18994	4520	23514	476	1821	2297
14	Himachal Pradesh	15388	5316	20704	14724	5316	20040	664	0	664
15	Jammu & Kashmir	15786	21683	37469	12732	20521	33253	3054	1162	4216
16	Jharkhand	6838	37133	43971	1202	20557	21759	5636	16576	22212
17	Karnataka	150610	7375	157985	143134	5545	148679	7476	1830	9306
18	Kerala	66467	1355	67822	66467	838	67305	0	517	517
19	Lakshadweep	319	28	347	303	20	323	16	8	24
20	Madhya Pradesh	34631	85126	119757	32070	67960	100030	2561	17166	19727
21	Maharashtra	77491	447	77938	71251	447	71698	6240	0	6240
22	Manipur	3968	938	4906	3968	574	4542	0	364	364
23	Meghalaya	459	6721	7180	459	6715	7174	0	6	6
24	Mizoram	5386	1658	7044	5218	1643	6861	168	15	183
25	Nagaland	3179	1785	4964	3179	1662	4841	0	123	123
26	Odisha	39776	40761	80537	38796	40761	79557	980	0	980
27	Puducherry	1525	18	1543	1345	6	1351	180	12	192
28	Punjab	36617	9659	46276	25471	6863	32334	11146	2796	13942
29	Rajasthan	92564	62532	155096	92488	46894	139382	76	15638	15714
30	Sikkim	2013	279	2292	2013	279	2292	0	0	0
31	Tamil Nadu	45826	27170	72996	45167	27155	72322	659	15	674
32	Telangana	19386	8770	28156	16749	8770	25519	2637	0	2637
33	Tripura	9106	3009	12115	9106	3006	12112	0	3	3
34	Uttar Pradesh	55533	105866	161399	33977	77827	111804	21556	28039	49595
35	Uttarakhand	9861	4725	14586	8624	3554	12178	1237	1171	2408
36	West Bengal	72829	115691	188520	72829	71680	144509	0	44011	44011
TOTAL		1060867	798961	1859828	948531	592089	1540620	112336	206872	319208

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1355 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY AND SHRI B. SRIRAMULU REGARDING “SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS”.

New teacher sanctioned and recruited under SSA in 2013-14

Sl. No.	State	New teacher sanctioned			Recruitment during the year (includes backlog vacancies)
		Primary School (PS)	Upper Primary School (UPS)	Total	PS+UPS (Total)
1.	A & N Island	2	3	5	0
2.	Andhra Pradesh	0	165	165	1035
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	3
4.	Assam	0	0	0	0
5.	Bihar	0	0	0	63402
6.	Chandigarh	0	0	0	0
7.	Chhattisgarh	0	0	0	7291
8.	D & Nagar Haveli	0	9	9	34
9.	Daman & Diu	0	0	0	25
10.	Delhi	0	0	0	2600
11.	Goa	0	0	0	0
12.	Gujarat	0	0	0	17321
13.	Haryana	0	0	0	2
14.	Himachal Pradesh	0	0	0	1745
15.	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	0	0
16.	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0
17.	Karnataka	0	0	0	0
18.	Kerala	0	0	0	142
19.	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	13
20.	Madhya Pradesh	0	0	0	0
21.	Maharashtra	0	0	0	30
22.	Manipur	0	0	0	152
23.	Meghalaya	74	18	92	4304
24.	Mizoram	2	15	17	298
25.	Nagaland	194	123	317	317
26.	Odisha	0	0	0	8048
27.	Puducherry	0	0	0	6
28.	Punjab	0	0	0	3429
29.	Rajasthan	0	0	0	368
30.	Sikkim	2	0	2	321
31.	Tamil Nadu	0	0	0	0
32.	Tripura	0	0	0	287
33.	Uttar Pradesh	0	0	0	921
34.	Uttarakhand	0	0	0	6038
35.	West Bengal	854	0	854	15675
	Total	1128	333	1461	133807

ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1355 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY AND SHRI B. SRIRAMULU REGARDING “SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS”.

New teacher sanctioned and recruited under SSA in 2014-15

Sl. No.	State	New teacher sanctioned			Recruitment during the year (includes backlog vacancies)
		Primary School (PS)	Upper Primary School (UPS)	Total	PS	UPS	Total
1.	A & N Island	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	124	100	224
4.	Assam	0	0	0	3042	0	3042
5.	Bihar	0	0	0	0	41010	41010
6.	Chandigarh	0	0	0	0	0	0
7.	Chhattisgarh	0	0	0	0	0	0
8.	D & Nagar Haveli	0	0	0	66	165	231
9.	Daman & Diu	0	0	0	0	0	0
10.	Delhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
11.	Goa	0	0	0	25	0	25
12.	Gujarat	0	0	0	2718	0	2718
13.	Haryana	0	0	0	91	0	91
14.	Himachal Pradesh	0	27	27	0	158	158
15.	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	0	0	12629	12629
16.	Jharkhand	86	246	332	15633	0	15633
17.	Karnataka	2	0	2	1742	0	1742
18.	Kerala	0	0	0	0	0	0
19.	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	2	0	2
20.	Madhya Pradesh			0	0	2952	2952
21.	Maharashtra	0	0	0	330	0	330
22.	Manipur	0	0	0	0	0	0
23.	Meghalaya	10	6	16	0	0	0
24.	Mizoram	6	0	6	0	0	0
25.	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0
26.	Odisha	0	0	0	5454	0	5454
27.	Puducherry	0	0	0	0	0	0
28.	Punjab	0	0	0	0	0	0
29.	Rajasthan	0	0	0	391	0	391
30.	Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0
31.	Tamil Nadu	256	126	382	0	2900	2900
32.	Telangana	0	0	0	5507	8770	14277
33.	Tripura	32	0	32	86	0	86
34.	Uttar Pradesh	0	0	0	73284	1313	74597
35.	Uttarakhand	0	0	0	0	0	0
36.	West Bengal	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	392	405	797	108495	69997	178492

ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1355 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY AND SHRI B. SRIRAMULU REGARDING “SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS”.

New teacher sanctioned and recruited under SSA in 2015-16 (as on 12th August 2015)

Sl. No	State	New teacher sanctioned			Recruitment during the year (includes backlog vacancies)
		Primary School (PS)	Upper Primary School (UPS)	Total	PS	UPS	Total
1.	A & N Island	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	Andhra Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	Assam	0	0	0	0	0	0
5.	Bihar	0	0	0	0	0	0
6.	Chandigarh	0	0	0	0	0	0
7.	Chhattisgarh	0	0	0	0	0	0
8.	D & Nagar Haveli	0	0	0	0	0	0
9.	Daman & Diu	0	0	0	0	0	0
10.	Delhi	0	0	0	0	0	0
11.	Goa	0	0	0	0	0	0
12.	Gujarat	0	0	0	0	0	0
13.	Haryana	0	0	0	0	0	0
14.	Himachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
15.	Jammu & Kashmir	0	0	0	0	0	0
16.	Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0	0
17.	Karnataka	0	0	0	0	0	0
18.	Kerala	0	0	0	0	0	0
19.	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0	0
20.	Madhya Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
21.	Maharashtra	0	0	0	0	0	0
22.	Manipur	0	364	364	0	0	0
23.	Meghalaya	0	0	0	0	0	0
24.	Mizoram	0	0	0	0	0	0
25.	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0
26.	Odisha	0	0	0	0	0	0
27.	Puducherry	0	0	0	0	0	0
28.	Punjab	0	0	0	0	0	0
29.	Rajasthan	0	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0
31.	Tamil Nadu	78	15	93	0	0	0
32.	Telangana	0	0	0	0	0	0
33.	Tripura	0	0	0	0	0	0
34.	Uttar Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
35.	Uttarakhand	0	0	0	0	0	0
36.	West Bengal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		78	379	457	0	0	0

Source : https://164.100.47.190/loksabhaquestions/annex/6/AU1355.pdf