**Executive Summary**
This document provides the Ministry of Education's response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1408, regarding vacancies in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) as of February 9, 2026. It addresses the number of sanctioned posts and existing vacancies, details of recruitment since 2014, contractual staff engagement, and the filling of posts by candidates from EWS, OBC, and SC/ST categories. The information includes data tables as of December 31, 2025 and annexures for recruitment and contractual staff from 2014.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Vacancy Management:**
* Vacancies arise due to the opening of new NVSs, employee retirement, resignation, promotion, transfer, lien, and school upgrades.
* Filling vacancies is a continuous process following relevant recruitment rules.
* Contractual teachers are engaged locally against sanctioned posts to maintain uninterrupted teaching.
* **Recruitment and Reservation:**
* Regular appointments are made through direct recruitment, adhering to NVS recruitment rules and government-notified reservation norms.
* Contractual staff are engaged for short durations or on urgent needs to protect student interests.
* **Staffing Statistics (as of 31.12.2025):**
* **Sanctioned vs. Vacant Posts:**
* Teaching: 17,510 sanctioned, 5,083 vacant.
* Non-Teaching: 9,324 sanctioned, 1,221 vacant.
* **Posts Filled by Category:**
* Teaching: 290 (EWS), 4,167 (OBC), 2,051 (SC), 947 (ST).
* Non-Teaching: 145 (EWS), 2,737 (OBC), 1,816 (SC), 1,018 (ST).
* **Recruitment Details (Annexure I):**
* Year-wise and category-wise data on regular teaching and non-teaching recruitments since 2014.
* **Contractual Staff Details (Annexure II):**
* Year-wise data on the number of contractual teaching and non-teaching staff engaged since 2014.
**Impact Analysis**
**Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)**
* **Impact:** NVS must adhere to recruitment rules and reservation norms while managing vacancies and engaging staff. The data provided aids in understanding staffing levels and recruitment trends.
* **Action Required:** NVS needs to continue to manage vacancies and ensure compliance with recruitment rules, while taking into account the data provided in the annexures.
**Ministry of Education**
* **Impact:** Responsible for overseeing NVS staffing and ensuring adherence to government policies, particularly those related to reservation.
* **Action Required:** Review the data to assess the effectiveness of recruitment strategies and compliance with reservation policies, while ensuring teaching standards are upheld with vacancy management.
**Job Seekers/Potential Employees (EWS, OBC, SC/ST Categories)**
* **Impact:** The information provides insights into the distribution of posts filled by different categories, helping them understand opportunities within NVS.
* **Action Required:** Use the data to inform job application strategies and understand representation within the NVS workforce.
**Students of Navodaya Vidyalayas**
* **Impact:** The engagement of contractual staff ensures uninterrupted teaching, protecting their academic interests.
* **Action Required:** None.
Key Entities Referenced
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS): The organization responsible for operating Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, which are residential schools primarily for students from rural areas in India.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the unstarred question was raised.
Ministry of Education: The ministry in the Government of India responsible for education.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408
ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026
Vacancies in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
1408. Smt. Bag Mitali:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) the number of sanctioned posts and existing vacancies in the Navodaya
Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), covering both faculty and non-faculty positions;
(b) the details of recruitment in permanent positions in NVS (faculty and non-faculty)
carried out since 2014 in the country, year-wise and category-wise;
(c) the details of the number of contractual staff engaged by NVS since 2014, for
both faculty and non-faculty posts, year-wise;
(d) the details of the number of posts filled by candidates belonging to EWS, OBC
and SC/ST categories in NVS both faculty and non-faculty positions, category-wise;
and
(e) whether reservation norms have been adhered to in the engagement of
contractual staff in NVS and if so, the category-wise details of contractual staff from
EWS, OBC and SC/ST categories?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (e): Vacancies keep on arising due to opening of new Navodaya Vidyalayas
(NVs), retirement, resignation, promotion of employees, transfer, employees going
on lien to another department and up-gradation of schools. 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. Teachers are also engaged on
contractual basis for temporary duration at the local level against sanctioned posts,
whenever regular or leave vacancies arise in a NV to ensure that the teaching-
learning process is not hampered.
Regular appointment is made by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) through
direct recruitment process as per the recruitment rules of NVS incorporating the
reservation norms as notified by the Government of India from time to time. The staff
are engaged on contractual for short duration or on urgent need basis to protect the
interest of the students.The faculty (teaching) and non-faculty (non-teaching) posts sanctioned and
vacant in NVS as on 31.12.2025, are as under:
Posts Sanctioned Posts Vacancies
Teaching 17,510 5,083
Non-Teaching 9,324 1,221
Year-wise and category-wise details of recruitment made for regular posts of
teaching and non-teaching by NVS, since 2014, are at Annexure – I.
Year-wise details of contractual staff of teaching and non-teaching engaged in
NVS since 2014, are at Annexure – II.
The details of posts filled by EWS, OBC and SC / ST categories in NVS for
teaching and non-teaching posts, as on 31.12.2025, are as under:
Posts EWS OBC SC ST
Teaching 290 4,167 2,051 947
Non-Teaching 145 2,737 1,816 1,018
*****ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026 ASKED BY
SMT. BAG MITALI, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING
VACANCIES IN NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
Year-wise and category-wise details of recruitment made for regular posts of
teaching and non-teaching by NVS, since 2014
Teaching posts Non-Teaching posts
Year
UR EWS OBC SC ST UR EWS OBC SC ST Total
2014 35 - 28 6 2 30 - 24 15 9 149
2015 105 - 48 27 12 19 - 16 5 8 240
2016 3 - 1 1 2 4 - 2 2 3 18
2017 233 - 174 110 108 3 - 1 3 - 632
2018 204 - 119 72 57 22 - 41 16 11 542
2019 63 - 64 25 10 23 - 18 4 5 212
2020 138 22 118 63 15 26 - 26 17 13 438
2021 319 105 417 207 106 73 3 62 50 29 1371
2022 110 34 128 41 23 137 21 122 49 36 701
2023 492 109 532 205 84 179 53 419 137 72 2282
2024 140 20 95 59 26 39 20 112 36 20 567
2025 - - - - - 427 54 86 151 42 760
Total 1842 290 1724 816 445 982 151 929 485 248 7912
*****ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1408 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026 ASKED BY
SMT. BAG MITALI, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING
VACANCIES IN NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
Year-wise details of contractual staff of faculty (Teaching) and non-faculty
(Non-Teaching) engaged in NVS, since 2014
Year Teaching Non-teaching Total
2014 2189 268 2457
2015 2683 263 2946
2016 2794 299 3093
2017 2671 414 3085
2018 2667 439 3106
2019 3040 494 3534
2020 2953 1031 3984
2021 2403 1055 3458
2022 2155 1185 3340
2023 2500 874 3374
2024 3237 1262 4499
2025 3437 1432 4869
*****