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NCERT has 1,596 vacancies, CBSE 933 posts unfilled: Parliament panel
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),…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
Opposition and ruling benches alike blame each other for education vacancies, but the numbers tell their own story: 1,596 of NCERT's 2,844 sanctioned posts are empty, and 44 per cent of CBSE positions are vacant. The parliamentary committee rightly calls this an urgent crisis, but talk of fast-track recruitment has been heard before. The real test is whether the education ministry fills even half these vacancies before the 2026 board exams, not just issues another report.
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