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Only 375 of 6,000 vacancies filled in central universities: Centre
Only 375 faculty positions in central universities have ben filled out of some 6,000 vacancies, according to data submitted by the education ministry in Parliament on Monday, despite a directive in September last year to rectify the situation speedily
Only 375 faculty positions in central universities have ben filled out of some 6,000 vacancies, according to data submitted by the education ministry in Parliament on Monday, despite a directive in September last year to rectify the situation speedily.
All the central universities must to fill the 6,000 plus vacant teaching posts within a year, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan had ordered in September 2021.
“The Ministry of Education has given directive to all its higher educational institutions to undertake special drive to fill vacancies in their institutions on ‘Mission Mode’ within a period of one year starting from September, 2021. Since September 2021, 916 posts of faculty have been filled in the various institutions,” Pradhan said in the Lok Sabha through a written response to a question by YSR Congress MPs Vallabhaneni Vamsi and Balasouri Krishnadevaraya Lavu on teaching vacancies.
Of these, 375 recruitments took place in central universities, 355 in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), 71 in National Institutes of Technology (NITs), 84 in Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), 27 in Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, and four in Schools of Planning and Architecture, the ministry data showed.
As many as 6,549 teaching posts across 45 central universities are currently vacant, according to another set of data shared by the ministry in the Lok Sabha last week. The maximum number of vacancies were in Delhi University (900), followed by Allahabad University (622), Banaras Hindu University (532), Aligarh Muslim University (498) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (326).
Of these, 2,252 are in the general category, 988 in the scheduled caste category, 576 in the scheduled tribe category, 1,761 in other backward classes, 628 in economically weaker sections, and 344 in persons with disabilities.
“Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced students’ strength,” the ministry on July 18 informed Parliament, explaining the reason behind the delay in recruitment. “The institutions are adopting various measures to address faculty shortages in order to ensure that studies of students are not affected, which includes engaging research scholars, contract, re-employed, adjunct and visiting faculty.”
The ministry also said that advertisements have been issued to hire people in 4,807 posts since September 2021.
