50% of teacher posts in state's KVs vacant
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Siddharth Prabhakar
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Chennai
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Shortfall Met By Temporary Teachers
Around 50% of all teacher
posts sanctioned for Kendriya Vidyalayas in Tamil Nadu are vacant,
showed data tabled on Monday by the ministry of human resources
development in Parliament. In contrast, only 25% of the posts across the country are unfilled.
Tamil Nadu has 55,000 students in 44 KVs and a sanctioned strength of 1,858 teachers, but 898 posts (48.33%) are vacant, against 43% in Andhra Pradesh, 39% in Karnataka, 34.5% in Telangana and 29.8% in Kerala.
Most vacancies are at the primary and secondary level, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan website shows.
Parents and educationists have earlier cited tea cher vacancies as a reason for falling standards in KVs.Santosh Kumar, the parent of a student in a Chennai KV , said the schools are known for holistic development of children. “But teaching vacancies are diluting their high standards,“ he said.
A parent recently moved the Madras high court after 40 KV students failed the Class IX exam. Last week, protests erupted at the KV on the Central Tamil University campus in Thiruvarur.
Local officials admit shortage of teachers is a serious issue, but say recruitment is centralised. KVs in Tamil Nadu currently make do with 885 temporary teachers. With the demand for seats in KVs rising, sources admit teacher vacancies are a major issue.
“We can't hold temporary teachers accountable like we do regular staff,“ an official said.
Senior officials in Delhi are aware of the issue, but brush it aside as a unique problem. They say teachers from Hindi-speaking states press for a transfer one year after teaching in KVs in Tamil Nadu. There is a 60% vacancy level for Hindi teachers in Tamil Nadu KVs.
Tamil Nadu has 55,000 students in 44 KVs and a sanctioned strength of 1,858 teachers, but 898 posts (48.33%) are vacant, against 43% in Andhra Pradesh, 39% in Karnataka, 34.5% in Telangana and 29.8% in Kerala.
Most vacancies are at the primary and secondary level, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan website shows.
Parents and educationists have earlier cited tea cher vacancies as a reason for falling standards in KVs.Santosh Kumar, the parent of a student in a Chennai KV , said the schools are known for holistic development of children. “But teaching vacancies are diluting their high standards,“ he said.
A parent recently moved the Madras high court after 40 KV students failed the Class IX exam. Last week, protests erupted at the KV on the Central Tamil University campus in Thiruvarur.
Local officials admit shortage of teachers is a serious issue, but say recruitment is centralised. KVs in Tamil Nadu currently make do with 885 temporary teachers. With the demand for seats in KVs rising, sources admit teacher vacancies are a major issue.
“We can't hold temporary teachers accountable like we do regular staff,“ an official said.
Senior officials in Delhi are aware of the issue, but brush it aside as a unique problem. They say teachers from Hindi-speaking states press for a transfer one year after teaching in KVs in Tamil Nadu. There is a 60% vacancy level for Hindi teachers in Tamil Nadu KVs.
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