(a) whether the Government constituted a high-level committee to enquire into the allegations
regarding sale of fake degrees by certain universities;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether there are two lakh teachers vacancies in secondary and higher secondary schools
across States including Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir, UT;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ''NISHANK'')
(a) & (b): The University Grants Commission (UGC) had constituted a high-level committee under
the Chairmanship of Prof. Yogesh Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Delhi Technological University to
enquire into the alleged sale of degrees by certain Universities. The Committee submitted its
report and UGC has communicated appropriate action to the Universities and State Governments
concerned.
(c) to (e): The state-wise vacancies of teachers for the year 2018-19 in respect of Secondary and
Senior Secondary Education are at Annexure.
The recruitment of teachers is a continuous process and the vacancies keep arising due to
retirement and additional requirements on account of enhanced students’ strength. Education is in
the concurrent list of the Constitution. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of
teachers come under the purview of the concerned State/Union Territory (UT) Government.
However, Ministry of Human Resource Development has been requesting all the States and UT
Governments for filling-up the vacant posts of teachers and their rational deployment, for which the
Ministry issues advisories to all States and UTs from time to time.
Further, the Central Government through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra
Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs for deployment of additional teachers to
maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of
schooling, and for induction and in-service training of teachers.
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