Question : Vacant Posts of Permanent Faculties

(a) whether there are several permanent faculty posts lying vacant in various colleges across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Bihar;

(b) the details of the number of permanent faculty, guest lecturers and ad-hoc teachers in colleges, State/UT-wise including Bihar;

(c) whether there are several faculty posts reserved for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class communities lying vacant across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Bihar; and

(d) the reasons for delay in filling up the overall vacancies and steps being taken by the Government to fill up the vacancies in the colleges and Universities across the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)
(a) to (c) The details of faculty posts lying vacant in Central Universities are at Annexure. So far as colleges are concerned, they are established by the State Govt. / Trust / Registered Societies or Private Management etc. and the data in respect of vacancies of teachers in these colleges are maintained by respective State Governments. (d) 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 Institutions are adopting various measures to address faculty shortages in order to ensure that studies of students are not affected which inter-alia, includes engaging research scholars, contract, re-employed, adjunct and visiting faculty. Ministry of Education has requested all the Central Higher Educational Institutions to fill up the vacancies in a Mission Mode within a period of one year starting from 5th September, 2021. Since August 2021, 4807 posts in Central Universities have been advertised for which the selection processes are on. ***