Out of the 16,600 teaching positions in these institutes, there are 5,928 vacancies and most of them are at the assistant professor level — 2478, which is the initial level for a teacher to be inducted in an institute.
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Higher Education has pulled up the Ministry of Human Resource Development for not getting effective results to fill vacant teaching positions in central universities. As per official data, one third of teaching positions in central government institutions are currently vacant.
Out of the 16,600 teaching positions in these institutes, there are 5,928 vacancies and most of them are at the assistant professor level — 2478, which is the initial level for a teacher to be inducted in an institute. Technical institutes like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) also do not have required numbers of faculty members.
“The committee feels that the steps taken by the MHRD, particularly in respect of central Universities, have hardly any result as more than one-third faculty positions are still vacant,” the Parliamentary Standing Committee in its report said.
One of the ways in which the government has tried to handle the shortage of teachers in colleges and universities is by extending the age of retirement of teachers to 65 years. The committee however feels this will not help in solving the problem.
“The committee does not consider that raising the age of faculty to 65 is a desired and permanent measure which will help strengthening the faculty position. The committee, therefore feels that there is hardly and improvement in the situation,” it added.
Acute shortage
- Out of 16,600 teaching positions in institutes, there are 5,928 vacancies. Most are at assistant professor level (2478). IITs and NITs also do not have required faculty strength
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