A parliamentary committee has flagged severe staff shortages at NCERT and CBSE. NCERT has 1,596 vacancies against 2,844 sanctioned posts, while 933 of CBSE’s 2,117 approved posts remain vacant. The panel warned that dependence on contractual staff could threaten the safety and smooth conduct of major national exams and urged time-bound recruitment.
New Delhi: More than half of the sanctioned posts at the NCERT are vacant, while 44 per cent of positions at CBSE remain unfilled, a parliamentary committee has said, flagging staff shortages at the two key school education bodies.
The findings are part of the Tenth Report (Eighteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Estimates (2026-27) on 'Budget and Policy Aspects for Providing Affordable and Quality Education in the Country including Review of Central Board of Secondary Education', presented to Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The committee noted that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has played a key role in shaping the educational policies in India, including the National Educational Policy 2020 which aims to revolutionise education in India.
The Education Ministry has informed the committee that the NCERT has developed the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCFFS) and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE), and has initiated the process of developing syllabi and textbooks based on these frameworks in consonance with the vision of NEP 2020.
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