New Delhi, March 16 Over 13,000 teaching positions are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) across the country, the Ministry of Education informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary in response to a written question.
"A total of 8,618 and 5,083 teaching posts are lying vacant in KVs and JNVs, respectively. Vacancies keep on arising due to the opening of new schools, retirement, resignation, promotion of employees, transfer, employees going on lien to another department, and the upgradation of schools," Chaudhary said.
"Filling up of vacancies is a continuous process, and efforts are made to fill these vacancies according to the provisions of the relevant recruitment rules of KVs and NVs," he added.
The minister noted that teachers are also engaged on a contractual basis for temporary durations by KVs and JNVs to ensure that the teaching-learning process is not disrupted.
"Efforts are made to recruit regular teachers as soon as possible, so that the interests of the students are not compromised. The consistently high percentage results achieved by KVs and JNVs over the years clearly demonstrate that academic standards and student performance are maintained and not compromised," he said.