# NCERT has 1,596 vacancies, CBSE 933 posts unfilled: Parliament panel 2026-08-13T06:57:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets A parliamentary committee has revealed that more than half of NCERT's approved positions are vacant, with 933 of CBSE's 2,117 posts also unfilled. The Tenth Report of the Committee on Estimates (2026-27), presented to Lok Sabha on Wednesday, noted that NCERT had only 1,248 staff against a sanctioned strength of 2,844, leaving 1,596 vacancies. Of these, 916 were in ministerial posts. The committee expressed concern that NCERT's vacancies hamper its role in shaping education policy, including the National Education Policy 2020. It also warned that CBSE's reliance on temporary contractual staff for exams puts safety and quality at risk, as student numbers have risen to over 1.70 million in Class XII and 2.38 million in Class X by 2025. ## Coverage - indiatvnews.com - timesnownews.com Tags: CBSE staff shortage, NCERT vacancies, NEP 2020, parliamentary committee, school education Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ncert-has-1596-vacancies-933-posts-in-cbse-parliament-panel/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ncert-has-1596-vacancies-933-posts-in-cbse-parliament-panel/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.