NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JULY 25
Over 12,000 teaching positions are vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country while over 9,000 teachers have been engaged on contractual basis, according to the education ministry.
As per the ministry data, the maximum vacant teaching positions are in Tamil Nadu (1,162), Madhya Pradesh (1,066) and Karantaka (1,006).
The statistics were shared by Union Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi, in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.
“There are 12,044 teaching posts and 1,332 non-teaching posts lying vacant in Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country. The vacancies arise due to transfer, retirement from time to time,” Devi said.