Lok Sabha Question No. 4061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Quality of Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4061

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Quality of Higher Education

## 4061. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the quality of higher education is deteriorating due to shortage of faculty in higher education;
- (b)  the  number  of  sanctioned  faculty  posts  as  on  31.12.2021  including  permanent  staff  and contractual staff; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to fill the vacant posts and improve the quality education in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (c) Occurring of vacancies and filling up is a  continuous process. The vacancy arises due to retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhancement of students' strength. The details of sanctioned, in-position and vacant posts of faculty in Higher Educational Institutes of Ministry of Education are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Institute                                                       |   Sanctioned |   In Position |   Vacant |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|----------|
|       1 | Central Universities (CUs)                                              |        18922 |         12514 |     6408 |
|       2 | Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)                                  |        10881 |          6511 |     4370 |
|       3 | Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)                     |         1142 |           545 |      611 |
|       4 | Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)                                  |         1448 |          1026 |      422 |
|       5 | National Institutes of Technology (NITs)                                |         7483 |          4907 |     2576 |
|       6 | Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research                     |          735 |           671 |       64 |
|       7 | School of Planning and Architecture                                     |          227 |           169 |       58 |
|       8 | Language Institutes                                                     |          519 |           457 |       62 |
|       9 | National Institutes of Technical Teachers' Training &Research (NITTTRs) |          203 |           128 |       75 |
|      10 | Other Centrally funded Institutions                                     |          735 |           494 |      251 |

In order to ensure that studies of students are not affected, the institutions are adopting various measures to  address  the  shortage  of  faculty  which  inter-alia  include  engaging  research  scholars,  hiring  through contract,  re-employment or through visiting  faculty.  Further the SWAYAM and SWAYAM PRABHA platforms are available which help students get world class experience from faculties of IITs and Central Universities  (CUs).  The  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  5 th September, 2021. Since August 2021, 8589 (eight thousand five hundred eighty nine) posts have been advertised for which the selection processes are on.

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