Lok Sabha Question No. 202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Vacant teachers and other staff posts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 202

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020

## Vacant teachers and other staff posts

## 202. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that a number of posts are lying vacant in Central Universities across the country;
- (b) if so, the category-wise details of vacant teachers and other staff posts, University-wise as on date;
- (c) the time by which the Government proposes to fill these vacant posts;
- (d) the category-wise details of vacancies filled up by the union Government during the last five years;
- (e) whether it is a fact that reserved category posts i.e. OBC, SCs and STs are not filled up due to non-availability of suitable candidates;
- (f) whether the Government has any proposal to absorb already working ad hoc/ temporary/contract/ guest faculty as permanent teachers; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a)  &  (b):  The  total  number  of  vacant  teaching  and  non-teaching  posts  in  42  Central Universities under the purview of Ministry of Education as on 01.09.2020 is 6210 and 12437 respectively. In  Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), 196 teaching posts and 1090 non-teaching posts are vacant as on 01.07.2020 and 31.12.2019 respectively. In three Sanskrit Central Universities, 52 teaching and 116 non-teaching posts are vacant.

A  detailed  statement  of  category  wise  vacant  teaching  and  non-  teaching  posts  in  these Central Universities, under the purview of Ministry of Education, is enclosed at Annexure -I and Annexure- II respectively.

Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission (UGC) continuously monitor it with Universities. UGC vide its  D.O.  letter  No.F.1-14/2019  (CPP-II)  dated  4 th June,  2019  UGC  has  prepared  the

Guidelines for Recruitment of Faculty in Universities, Colleges and Institutions Deemed to be Universities outlining the selection procedure and the time frame for recruitment which has been circulated to  all  Universities  to  adhere  the  guidelines.  The  Universities  have  also been requested to take steps to ensure that the vacancies in the Universities as well as in the Colleges affiliated to the Universities are filled up at the earliest. However, the onus of filling up the teaching posts lies on Central Universities which are autonomous bodies created under Acts of Parliament.

- (d)  &  (e):  The  category-wise  details  of  vacancies  filled  up  by  these  Central  Universities during the last five years are given below:-
- (f) & (g): There is no such proposal under consideration of Ministry of Education to absorb already working ad-hoc / temporary / contract / guest faculty as permanent teacher.

| year    | Teaching   | Teaching   | Teaching   | Non-Teaching   | Non-Teaching   | Non-Teaching   |
|---------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|         | OBC        | SC         | ST         | OBC            | SC             | ST             |
| 2015-16 | 142        | 102        | 44         | 163            | 90             | 58             |
| 2016-17 | 145        | 94         | 40         | 61             | 43             | 28             |
| 2017-18 | 165        | 113        | 38         | 95             | 69             | 32             |
| 2018-19 | 23         | 16         | 5          | 158            | 80             | 40             |
| 2019-20 | 300        | 172        | 73         | 40             | 21             | 9              |

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