Lok Sabha Question No. 419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Ghost Teachers in Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, Richard Hay, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, Tejpratap Singh,Yadav, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, George Baker, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, P.R. SUNDARAM, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., SUDHEER GUPTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 419 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2018

## Ghost Teachers in Colleges

419. SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: PROF. RICHARD HAY: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA: SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN: SHRI GEORGE BAKER: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH: SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD: SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  certain  teachers  in  technical  institutes  including engineering colleges use proxy methods and teach at multiple places outside their institutes and colleges full time; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government has identified such ghost teachers in various colleges and institutions across the country after the introduction of Aadhaar and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  action  against  such  teachers  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;

(e) whether  the  teachers  from  Central  universities  also  have  been  found  to  be  involved  in  such malpractices and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the other steps taken by the Government to prevent such malpractices in future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  to  (d): Yes,  Madam.  Some  cases  of  teachers  using  proxy  methods  to  teach  at  multiple technical institutions were reported to the Government. To prohibit this practice and know the exact faculty number of the institutes, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made the linking of Aadhar and PAN Card details of Faculty mandatory in the AICTE approved technical institutes.  As  a  result,  the  number  of  faculty  reported  by  colleges  has  reduced  from  716,672  to 670,888. Apart from this, the Ministry has started the Gurujan portal to work as the comprehensive database of all the teachers in the Country. In this, the Aadhar number is being collected, based on which too, some discrepancies have been found. These are being verified by referring the same to the institution concerned.

(e) & (f): No, Madam. No such incidence has come to the notice of University Grants Commission (UGC). All the Central Universities in the country are the autonomous institutions and are governed by their own statutes. It is the duty of the Vice Chancellors of Central Universities to prevent such malpractices and to take administrative decisions thereon.

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