Lok Sabha Question No. 1150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Contractual/Guest Teachers/Assistant Professors Employed in Educational Institutions
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Dr. Dharamvira Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1150

ANSWERED ON- 02/12/2024

## Contractual/Guest Teachers/Assistant Professors Employed in Educational Institutions

## 1150. Dr. Dharamvira Gandhi:

Will the Minister of Education be please to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  contractual  and  guest  teachers  and  assistant  professors  currently employed in educational institutions including universities and colleges across the country along with the break-up of the figures, and the proportion of each category of faculty staff compared to the permanent faculty, State-wise; (b) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to stop the exploitation of contractual and guest  assistant  professors  and  teachers,  particularly  in  terms  of  equal  work  equal  pay  and providing them with benefits at par with their permanent counterparts, such as health insurance, retirement benefits and job security; (c) the details of the ratio of permanent to contractual faculty members in both public and private institutions; and (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  establish  a  national  framework  for  the standardisation of contracts and wages for contractual/guest teachers, ensuring that they are
- compensated equitably for the work performed by them?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

- (a): As per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2022-23 (provisional), the State/UTwise  details  of  total  number  of  contractual  teachers/guest  teachers  and  assistant  professors currently employed in Universities and Colleges along with the proportion of each category of faculty  staff  compared  to  the  permanent  faculty  is  given  at  Annexure-I  and  Annexure-II respectively.
- (b): As per the information received from the University Grants Commission (UGC), appointment of staff in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) is regulated by University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and  Colleges  and  other  Measures  for  the  Maintenance  of  Standards  in  Higher  Education) Regulations, 2018. Clause 13.0 of these UGC Regulations provides that the fixed emoluments paid to contract teachers should not be less than the monthly gross salary of a regularly appointed Assistant Professor.

Further, the UGC has issued revised guidelines in 2019 for enhancement of the rates of honorarium of Guest Faculty. These guidelines provide that the Honorarium for Guest Faculty be enhanced to Rs.1500/-per lecture subject to a maximum of 50,000/-per month.

(c): The ratio of permanent to contractual faculty members in both public and private Institutions (University and College) as per AISHE, 2022-23 (provisional) is as under:

| Type of Institutions   |   Permanent faculty member |   Contractual faculty member |   Ratio (Permanent/Contractual) |
|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Public Institutions    |                    1081116 |                       243075 |                            4.45 |
| Private Institutions   |                     154621 |                        10453 |                           14.79 |

(d): At present, no such proposal is under consideration in this Ministry.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1150 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  02.12.2024  REGARDING  "CONTRACTUAL/GUEST  TEACHERS/ASSISTANT  PROFESSORS EMPLOYED  IN EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS" ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  DR. DHARAMVIRA GANDHI

The State wise number of Permanent, Contractual/Guest lecturer and Assistant Professors in Universities as per AISHE 2022-23 (provisional)

| S.No.   |                   | Total No. of Institutions   | Total No. of Institutions   | No. of Permanent faculty members in position   | Contractual/Guest Teachers'   | Contractual/Guest Teachers'                  | Assistant Prof. (Regular)   | Assistant Prof. (Regular)                    |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of State/UTs | Registere d                 | Response d                  | No. of Permanent faculty members in position   | Total No.                     | Proportio n w.r.t permane nt faculty members | Total No.                   | Proportio n w.r.t permane nt faculty members |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 51                          | 51                          | 6171                                           | 2340                          | 0.38                                         | 3301                        | 0.53                                         |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 10                          | 10                          | 1055                                           | 128                           | 0.12                                         | 676                         | 0.64                                         |
| 3       | Assam             | 31                          | 31                          | 3742                                           | 277                           | 0.07                                         | 2236                        | 0.60                                         |
| 4       | Bihar             | 37                          | 37                          | 3940                                           | 335                           | 0.09                                         | 1896                        | 0.48                                         |
| 5       | Chandigarh        | 3                           | 3                           | 1342                                           | 294                           | 0.22                                         | 511                         | 0.38                                         |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 34                          | 34                          | 2830                                           | 457                           | 0.16                                         | 1882                        | 0.67                                         |
| 7       | Delhi             | 30                          | 30                          | 6114                                           | 1077                          | 0.18                                         | 2811                        | 0.46                                         |
| 8.      | Goa               | 4                           | 4                           | 313                                            | 10                            | 0.03                                         | 218                         | 0.70                                         |
| 9       | Gujarat           | 102                         | 102                         | 6945                                           | 2393                          | 0.34                                         | 3940                        | 0.57                                         |
| 10      | Haryana           | 57                          | 57                          | 9211                                           | 1257                          | 0.14                                         | 5268                        | 0.57                                         |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh  | 29                          | 29                          | 2664                                           | 494                           | 0.19                                         | 1702                        | 0.64                                         |
| 12      | Jammu and Kashmir | 16                          | 16                          | 1949                                           | 646                           | 0.33                                         | 1104                        | 0.57                                         |
| 13      | Jharkhand         | 34                          | 34                          | 3175                                           | 461                           | 0.15                                         | 2038                        | 0.64                                         |
| 14      | Karnataka         | 79                          | 79                          | 14460                                          | 2041                          | 0.14                                         | 8270                        | 0.57                                         |
| 15      | Kerala            | 25                          | 25                          | 2767                                           | 651                           | 0.24                                         | 1436                        | 0.52                                         |
| 16      | Ladakh            | 2                           | 2                           | 21                                             | 15                            | 0.71                                         | 16                          | 0.76                                         |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh    | 78                          | 78                          | 13571                                          | 918                           | 0.07                                         | 8174                        | 0.60                                         |
| 18      | Maharashtra       | 78                          | 78                          | 11650                                          | 2950                          | 0.25                                         | 6620                        | 0.57                                         |
| 19      | Manipur           | 12                          | 11                          | 864                                            | 249                           | 0.29                                         | 487                         | 0.56                                         |
| 20      | Meghalaya         | 11                          | 11                          | 848                                            | 67                            | 0.08                                         | 534                         | 0.63                                         |
| 21      | Mizoram           | 3                           | 3                           | 303                                            | 32                            | 0.11                                         | 172                         | 0.57                                         |
| 22      | Nagaland          | 6                           | 6                           | 449                                            | 31                            | 0.07                                         | 335                         | 0.75                                         |
| 23      | Odisha            | 39                          | 39                          | 6500                                           | 645                           | 0.10                                         | 3920                        | 0.60                                         |
| 24      | Puducherry        | 5                           | 5                           | 1407                                           | 37                            | 0.03                                         | 458                         | 0.33                                         |
| 25      | Punjab            | 40                          | 40                          | 11532                                          | 1538                          | 0.13                                         | 7160                        | 0.62                                         |
| 26      | Rajasthan         | 91                          | 90                          | 16042                                          | 856                           | 0.05                                         | 8508                        | 0.53                                         |
| 27      | Sikkim            | 11                          | 9                           | 376                                            | 39                            | 0.10                                         | 271                         | 0.72                                         |
| 28      | Tamil Nadu        | 65                          | 65                          | 24900                                          | 1088                          | 0.04                                         | 14662                       | 0.59                                         |
| 29 30   | Telangana Tripura | 32 5                        | 31 5                        | 4988                                           | 896 86                        | 0.18 0.19                                    | 2965 328                    | 0.59 0.72                                    |
| 31      | Uttar             | 94                          |                             | 453                                            |                               |                                              |                             |                                              |
| 32      | Pradesh           | 40                          | 94                          | 23499                                          | 3117 580                      | 0.13                                         | 12568                       | 0.53                                         |
|         | Uttarakhand       |                             | 40                          | 7270                                           |                               | 0.08                                         | 4354                        | 0.60                                         |
| 33      |                   | 59                          | 59                          |                                                | 930                           | 0.11                                         | 4497                        |                                              |
|         | West Bengal Total | 1213                        | 1208                        | 8590 199941                                    | 26935                         | 0.13                                         | 113318                      | 0.52 0.57                                    |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1150 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024 REGARDING "CONTRACTUAL/GUEST TEACHERS/ASSISTANT PROFESSORS EMPLOYED IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS" ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DR. DHARAMVIRA GANDHI

## The state wise number of Permanent, Contractual /Guest lecturer and Assistant Professors in Colleges as per AISHE 2022-23(provisional)

| S. No.   |                                              | Total No. of Institutions   | Total No. of Institutions   | No. of Permanent faculty members in position   | Contractual/Guest Teachers'   | Contractual/Guest Teachers'                | Assistant Prof.   | Assistant Prof.                             |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of State/UTs                            | Registered                  | Responsed                   | No. of Permanent faculty members in position   | Total No.                     | Proportion w.r.t permanent faculty members | Total No.         | Proportion w.r.t permanenet faculty members |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 9                           | 3                           | 34                                             | 77                            | 2.26                                       | 14                | 0.41                                        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                               | 2591                        | 2580                        | 81509                                          | 9042                          | 0.11                                       | 38606             | 0.47                                        |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 44                          | 43                          | 851                                            | 205                           | 0.24                                       | 671               | 0.79                                        |
| 4        | Assam                                        | 655                         | 650                         | 17894                                          | 2984                          | 0.17                                       | 12590             | 0.70                                        |
| 5        | Bihar                                        | 1175                        | 1162                        | 28398                                          | 4781                          | 0.17                                       | 18996             | 0.67                                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh                                   | 26                          | 26                          | 1079                                           | 846                           | 0.78                                       | 596               | 0.55                                        |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                                 | 965                         | 927                         | 15232                                          | 5859                          | 0.38                                       | 9406              | 0.62                                        |
| 8        | Delhi                                        | 196                         | 167                         | 10222                                          | 4715                          | 0.46                                       | 4835              | 0.47                                        |
| 9        | Goa                                          | 63                          | 63                          | 1935                                           | 1294                          | 0.67                                       | 1059              | 0.55                                        |
| 10       | Gujarat                                      | 2470                        | 2449                        | 44779                                          | 9127                          | 0.20                                       | 21456             | 0.48                                        |
| 11       | Haryana                                      | 1123                        | 1122                        | 22436                                          | 6905                          | 0.31                                       | 15528             | 0.69                                        |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                             | 357                         | 339                         | 4704                                           | 1712                          | 0.36                                       | 2955              | 0.63                                        |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir                            | 330                         | 328                         | 5422                                           | 2463                          | 0.45                                       | 3253              | 0.60                                        |
| 14       | Jharkhand                                    | 425                         | 410                         | 9017                                           | 2414                          | 0.27                                       | 5742              | 0.64                                        |
| 15       | Karnataka                                    | 4524                        | 4220                        | 96544                                          | 20488                         | 0.21                                       | 45079             | 0.47                                        |
| 16       | Kerala                                       | 1504                        | 1398                        | 47102                                          | 10598                         | 0.23                                       | 32456             | 0.69                                        |
| 17       | Ladakh                                       | 6                           | 6                           | 110                                            | 86                            | 0.78                                       | 103               | 0.94                                        |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                               | 2582                        | 2528                        | 57989                                          | 8642                          | 0.15                                       | 33903             | 0.58                                        |
| 19       | Maharashtra                                  | 5390                        | 5061                        | 94508                                          | 43794                         | 0.46                                       | 59181             | 0.63                                        |
| 20       | Manipur                                      | 110                         | 106                         | 4793                                           | 491                           | 0.10                                       | 3627              | 0.76                                        |
| 21       | Meghalaya                                    | 79                          | 75                          | 2392                                           | 401                           | 0.17                                       | 1497              | 0.63                                        |
| 22       | Mizoram                                      | 40                          | 40                          | 991                                            | 544                           | 0.55                                       | 419               | 0.42                                        |
| 23       | Nagaland                                     | 70                          | 69                          | 1534                                           | 357                           | 0.23                                       | 1345              | 0.88                                        |
| 24       | Odisha                                       | 1370                        | 1359                        | 25777                                          | 4389                          | 0.17                                       | 8186              | 0.32                                        |
| 25       | Puducherry                                   | 88                          | 72                          | 5274                                           | 258                           | 0.05                                       | 2991              | 0.57                                        |
| 26       | Punjab                                       | 1040                        | 1034                        | 22010                                          | 9860                          | 0.45                                       | 14200             | 0.65                                        |
| 27       | Rajasthan                                    | 3889                        | 3809                        | 50009                                          | 14313                         | 0.29                                       | 17736             | 0.35                                        |
| 28       | Sikkim                                       | 24                          | 21                          | 671                                            | 363                           | 0.54                                       | 436               | 0.65                                        |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu                                   | 2913                        | 2875                        | 150953                                         | 16296                         | 0.11                                       | 109203            | 0.72                                        |
| 30       | Telangana                                    | 2100                        | 1803                        | 63999                                          | 7598                          | 0.12                                       | 33703             | 0.53                                        |
| 31       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 19                          | 19                          | 256                                            | 401                           | 1.57                                       | 162               | 0.63                                        |
| 32       | Tripura                                      | 59                          | 58                          | 1548                                           | 595                           | 0.38                                       | 745               | 0.48                                        |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                                | 8310                        | 7748                        | 115590                                         | 32895                         | 0.28                                       | 58268             |                                             |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                                  | 513                         |                             | 7978                                           |                               |                                            | 5366              | 0.50                                        |
|          |                                              |                             | 387                         |                                                | 1989                          | 0.25                                       |                   | 0.67                                        |
| 35       | West Bengal                                  | 1561                        | 1558                        | 42256                                          | 306                           | 0.01                                       |                   |                                             |
|          | Grand Total                                  | 46620                       | 44515                       | 1035796                                        | 227088                        | 0.22                                       | 564313            | 0.54                                        |