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Shortage of 7.34 lakh teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

(a) & (b) There is an estimated shortage of 7.34 lakh teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) as on 30.09.2012. A state-wise statement on the total number of teachers in SSA schools is at Annexure-I.


The Centrally sponsored scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), inter-alia provides for appointment of additional teachers in existing Government secondary schools to improve the Pupil Teacher Ratio. Under RMSA, 40018 teachers posts for existing secondary schools and 55974 teachers posts for new secondary schools have been sanctioned so far. The State-wise details are at Annexure-II.

(c) The recruitment of teachers at elementary level is undertaken by the State Governments / UT Administrations. States / UTs have been advised to expedite the recruitment of teacher posts sanctioned under SSA, as well as teacher vacancies under the State sector. The issue has been discussed with the States in meetings with State Education Ministers, State Education Secretaries, State Project Directors and in the SSA Project Approval Board Meetings.




ANNEXURE-I
           

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b)
OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 38 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.11.2012 ASKED BY
SHRI D.P. TRIPATHI REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF TEACHERS


Statement showing the number of teachers in SSA schools
SI.No.
States /UTs
Teacher posts Sanctioned till 2012-13
Teacher Recruitment till 2012-13 (30.9.2012)
Vacancies under SSA (30.9.2012)
Vacancies reported under State Budget as on 31st March 2012
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
Andhra Pradesh
39189
38319
870
15379
2
Arunachal Pradesh
7262
5226
2036
0
3
Assam
48808
38364
10444
13757
4
Bihar
403413
191983
211430
55464
5
Chhattisgarh
67507
54985
12522
50766
6
Goa
169
149
20
86
7
Gujarat
58688
31336
27352
0
8
Haryana
13435
6345
7090
13906
9
Himachal Pradesh
5856
3553
2303
1009
10
Jammu &Kashmir
43471
39739
3732
5438
11
Jharkhand
120396
84672
35724
23656
12
Karnataka
29055
24278
4777
15336
13
Kerala
2925
0
2925
88
14
Madhya Pradesh
173855
98287
75568
16244
15
Maharashtra
42091
8522
33569
6729
16
Manipur
2871
1544
1327
0
17
Meghalaya
13262
14020
-758
0
18
Mizoram
2485
1303
1182
0
19
Nagaland
3147
590
2557
7
20
Orissa
89901
88442
1459
23679
21
Punjab
14090
7432
6658
19161
22
Rajasthan
114132
94201
19931
32622
23
Sikkim
724
223
501
0
24
Tamil Nadu
33214
22497
10717
14495
25
Tripura
6980
5694
1286
0
25
Uttar Pradesh
423553
258924
164629
147593
27
Uttarakhand
14316
5998
8318
7746
28
West Bengal
198253
115797
82456
98473
29
Andaman Nicobar
210
162
48
125
30
Chandigarh
1390
785
605
109
31
D & Nagar Haveli
937
526
411
294
32
Daman Diu
119
95
24
145
33
Delhi
7104
4342
2762
3006
34
Lakshadweep
38
16
22
40
35
Pondicherry
48
36
12
552

Total SSA
1982894
1248385
734509
565905


ANNEXURE-II
                                                                                                                                                   
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 38 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.11.2012 ASKED BY SHRI D.P. TRIPATHI REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF TEACHERS

Progress on Teacher Recruitment in New Schools (2009-10, 2010-11 & 2011-12)
S. No.
No of State
2009-10, 2010-11 & 2011-12
Cumulative Total of Teachers posts Sanctioned in New Schools
1
Arunachal Pradesh
209
2
Andhra Pradesh
0
3
Bihar
5579
4
Chhattisgarh
9482
5
Daman & Diu
12
6
Gujarat
1968
7
Haryana
348
8
Himachal Pradesh
544
9
J&K
3682
10
Jharkhand
1782
11
Karnataka
2055
12
Kerala
672
13
Lakshwadeep
31
14
Madhya Pradesh
5664
15
Meghalaya
175
16
Manipur
830
17
Mizoram
532
18
Nagaland
1086
19
Orissa
5654
20
Pondichery
54
21
Punjab
1192
22
Tamil Nadu
7902
23
Tripura
415
24
Uttar Pradesh
4576
25
Uttrakhand
1530

Total
55974

Additonal Teachers sanctioned  since inception of the scheme       
S. No.
States
Total No. of Additional teachers posts sanctioned
Approval year
1
Madhya Pradesh
9665
2011-12
2
Maharashtra
949
do
3
Rajasthan
8098
do
originally it was 14602
4
Andhra Pradesh
9569
do
Originally it was 19011
5
Karanataka
1373
do
6
Tamil Nadu
6752
do
7
Haryana
3612
2012-13

Total
40018

The above information was submitted with reference to undermentioned Rajya Sabha Starred Question:

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO-38

ANSWERED ON-23.11.2012
Vacant posts in teachers

38 . SHRI D.P. TRIPATHI


(a) whether it is a fact that there are a large number of vacant posts of teachers in the country;


(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and


(c) the steps Government is taking to fill up these vacant posts?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)


(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.


STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 38 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.11.2012 ASKED BY SHRI D.P. TRIPATHI REGARDING VACANT POSTS OF TEACHERS


–See above–






GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-250

ANSWERED ON-23.11.2012
Vacant posts of teachers

250 . SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV


(a) whether it is a fact that there are vacancies of more than 11 lakh teachers all over the country as reported in newspapers recently;


(b) if so, the action taken by Government to fill up these posts;


(c) whether Government has any data about the vacancies in each State and if so, the details thereof;


(d) whether Government is aware that without filling these vacancies the objectives of Right to Education (RTE) can not be achieved; and 


(e) the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT


(DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) to (e) Under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a total of 19.82 lakh teacher posts have been sanctioned till 2012-13 since inception of the programme, against which 12.48 lakh teachers have been recruited by States / UTs, leaving 7.34 lakh vacancies. In addition, the States / UTs have reported 5,65,905 vacancies upto end of March 2012 against teacher posts borne on the State budget. A State-wise statement of teacher vacancies reported by State Governments / UT administrations is at Annexure. The Central Government has laid emphasis with State Governments & UT administrations to expedite recruitment of teachers and to carry out redeployment of teachers to ensure that all schools have pupil teacher ratios as laid down in the Schedule of the RTE Act 2009. 25 States have conducted the mandatory Teacher Eligibility Test for recruitment of teachers.



ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF RAJYA
SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 250 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.11.2012 ASKED by SHRI RAM
KRIPAL YADAV regarding Vacant posts of teachers
Statement showing teacher vacancies in States / UTs
SI.No.
States /UTs
Vacancies against posts sanctioned under SSA
Vacancies reported against teacher posts borne on the State Budget as on 31st March 2012
1
Andhra Pradesh
870
15379
2
Arunachal Pradesh
2036
0
3
Assam
10444
13757
4
Bihar
211430
55464
5
Chhattisgarh
12522
50766
6
Goa
20
86
7
Gujarat
27352
0
8
Haryana
7090
13906
9
Himachal Pradesh
2303
1009
10
Jammu &Kashmir
3732
5438
11
Jharkhand
35724
23656
12
Karnataka
4777
15336
13
Kerala
2925
88
14
Madhya Pradesh
75568
16244
15
Maharashtra
33569
6729
16
Manipur
1327
0
17
Meghalaya
-758
0
18
Mizoram
1182
0
19
Nagaland
2557
7
20
Orissa
1459
23679
21
Punjab
6658
19161
22
Rajasthan
19931
32622
23
Sikkim
501
0
24
Tamil Nadu
10717
14495
25
Tripura
1286
0
25
Uttar Pradesh
164629
147593
27
Uttarakhand
8318
7746
28
West Bengal
82456
98473
29
Andaman Nicobar
48
125
30
Chandigarh
605
109
31
D & Nagar Haveli
411
294
32
Daman Diu
24
145
33
Delhi
2762
3006
34
Lakshadweep
22
40
35
Pondicherry
12
552
Total SSA
734509
565905

Source: Rajya Sabha Q&A




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