<p>More than 58,000 teaching and non-teaching posts are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya schools and Central Higher Education Institutes across the country, according to the Ministry of Education.</p>.<p>The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>The minister informed that 12,099 teaching posts and 1,312 non-teaching posts are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas.</p>.<p>In Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, 3,271 teaching posts are vacant. The number of vacant non-teaching posts in the residential schools is 1,756.</p>.<p>In the higher education institutions, the highest number of vacant posts are in Central Universities where 6,180 teaching posts and 15,798 non-teaching posts are yet to be filled.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/no-proposal-to-introduce-menstruation-leave-in-educational-institutions-education-ministry-1188449.html" target="_blank">No proposal to introduce menstruation leave in educational institutions: Education Ministry</a></strong></p>.<p>The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have 4,425 teaching posts that are vacant while there are 5,052 non-teaching posts that are vacant.</p>.<p>In National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology, 2,089 teaching posts and 3,773 non-teaching posts are vacant.</p>.<p>Similarly, in Indian Institutes of Science and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, the number of vacant teaching and non-teaching posts is 353 and 625.</p>.<p>In Indian Institutes of Management, 1,050 teaching and non-teaching posts are vacant.</p>.<p>"The vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation, promotion and additional requirement on account of up-gradation or sanctioning of new streams as well as enhancement of students' strength," Sarkar said.</p>.<p>"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 of concerned institution," Sarkar said.</p>.<p>Teachers are also engaged on contractual basis for temporary duration by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered, he said.</p>.<p>"In order to meet the shortfall in the faculty, the HEIs are having the provision of recruiting and appointing visiting or adjunct faculty, Emeritus Professor," he added.</p>
<p>More than 58,000 teaching and non-teaching posts are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya schools and Central Higher Education Institutes across the country, according to the Ministry of Education.</p>.<p>The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.</p>.<p>The minister informed that 12,099 teaching posts and 1,312 non-teaching posts are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas.</p>.<p>In Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, 3,271 teaching posts are vacant. The number of vacant non-teaching posts in the residential schools is 1,756.</p>.<p>In the higher education institutions, the highest number of vacant posts are in Central Universities where 6,180 teaching posts and 15,798 non-teaching posts are yet to be filled.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/no-proposal-to-introduce-menstruation-leave-in-educational-institutions-education-ministry-1188449.html" target="_blank">No proposal to introduce menstruation leave in educational institutions: Education Ministry</a></strong></p>.<p>The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have 4,425 teaching posts that are vacant while there are 5,052 non-teaching posts that are vacant.</p>.<p>In National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology, 2,089 teaching posts and 3,773 non-teaching posts are vacant.</p>.<p>Similarly, in Indian Institutes of Science and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, the number of vacant teaching and non-teaching posts is 353 and 625.</p>.<p>In Indian Institutes of Management, 1,050 teaching and non-teaching posts are vacant.</p>.<p>"The vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation, promotion and additional requirement on account of up-gradation or sanctioning of new streams as well as enhancement of students' strength," Sarkar said.</p>.<p>"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 of concerned institution," Sarkar said.</p>.<p>Teachers are also engaged on contractual basis for temporary duration by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not hampered, he said.</p>.<p>"In order to meet the shortfall in the faculty, the HEIs are having the provision of recruiting and appointing visiting or adjunct faculty, Emeritus Professor," he added.</p>