NCERT Faces 56% Staff Vacancy, CBSE 44%; Parliamentary Panel Flags Manpower Crisis
The committee said NCERT has 1,596 vacant posts and CBSE has 933, urging fast-track hiring as both bodies face staffing shortages.
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NCERT has over 1,500 vacant posts, 44% positions unfilled at CBSE, parliamentary panel says
NCERT faces over half its sanctioned posts vacant, impacting its key educational roles. CBSE also has 44 percent of its positions unfilled, raising concerns. The parliamentary committee highlighted these major staff shortages at both bodies. This situation risks the smooth functioning of national board examinations and educational reforms. Urgent attention is needed to fill these critical vacancies promptly.
NCERT has 1596 vacancies, 933 posts in CBSE: Parliament Panel
The committee noted that as on October 2025, the actual strength was 1,248 in NCERT against the sanctioned strength of 2,844 posts leaving vacancies of 1,596 posts. Out of the vacant posts, 145 vacancies were in academic, 131 in school teaching, ministerial - 916 posts, ancillary - 404 posts.
A parliamentary committee report has revealed that half of the sanctioned teaching and non-teaching posts in the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and 44 percent in the CBSE are vacant.
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee report has said that there is a severe shortage of staff in the country's leading educational institutions, NCERT and CBSE. The information is contained in the report of the Estimates Committee submitted to the Lok Sabha. The total number of staff in NCERT...
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