Parliamentary Panel Slams Govt. for Not Filling Teaching Posts Under OBC Quota in Varsities
- An OBC monitoring committee submitted a report to HRD Ministry giving details about the number of backlog vacancies.
- Parliamentary panel rejected the argument that stated there is a shortage of qualified OBC candidates for teaching posts in various universities.
A parliamentary panel has criticised the government for not filling teaching posts in universities under OBC quota. A committee working towards the welfare of OBC submitted a report to the HRD Ministry giving details about the number of backlog vacancies in varsities until 2015.
Details about Vacant Teaching Posts in Varsities under OBC Quota: -
Name of the University | No. of Vacant Teaching Posts (until 2015) |
Vishwa Bharti University | 50 |
Harisingh Gaur University | 45 |
Guru Ghasidas University | 44 |
Pondicherry University | 34 |
Tezpur University | 33 |
Assam University | 32 |
Delhi University | 32 |
Allahabad University | 32 |
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The report further indicated that there were also backlog vacancies in many other universities and technical institutes across the country. The parliamentary panel rejected the argument which stated that there was a shortage of qualified OBC candidates for teaching posts in various universities. The parliamentary panel further indicated that the central educational institutes are taking adequate steps for filling 27% faculty posts under OBC category in different universities.
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Shortage of faculty positions in various higher learning institutes is one of the major concerns of the government. Earlier, HRD Minister Javadekar urged the students to take up teaching as a profession to address the issue. He was of the opinion that the varsities shall also indulge in encouraging more research scholars to start teaching students.
At present, in many varsities, there are no permanent faculty members. Most of the government colleges across the country have been functioning with temporary or contractual faculty members.
It is time for the government to speed up the process of faculty recruitment in higher learning institutes.