Over 5k vacant teaching posts in Central Universities: Govt
In another response, the minister said up to October 29, 2024, a total number of 25,777 posts have been filled up including 15,139 faculty positions, in mission mode by the Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs).
A total number of 25257 vacancies have been filled up by CUs, IITs, IIITs, NITs, IIMs, IISc Bangalore and IISERs collectively, out of which 15047 are faculty positions
The Centre on Wednesday said that the number of vacant teaching posts in the central universities is 5,182. This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Sukanta Mazumdar in a written reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha. The number of vacancies is as on October 31, 2024.
While replying to the query on what steps are taken by the government for regular appointments to the said posts, the minister said: “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 onus of filling up the posts lies on the Central Universities (CUs).”
“Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission (UGC) regularly monitor the institutions and the Central Universities have been directed to fill up the vacancies in regular mode. Through special recruitment drives more than 7650 teaching positions have been filled in the Central Universities,” the minister added.
UGC has launched a unified recruitment portal called CU-Chayan on May 2, 2023 to provide a common platform for listing of vacancies, advertisements or jobs across all central universities.
In another response, the minister said up to October 29, 2024, a total number of 25,777 posts have been filled up including 15,139 faculty positions, in mission mode by the Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs).
A total number of 25,257 vacancies have been filled up by CUs, IITs, IIITs, NITs, IIMs, IISc Bangalore and IISERs collectively, out of which 15,047 are faculty positions including 1,869 SC, 739 ST and 3,089 OBC, the minister said. (The Indian Express)
