One in three teaching posts at India’s “central” universities?is currently vacant, official figures show.
Some 5,606 posts in central universities – about 33 per cent of academic jobs – are currently unfilled, according to information provided by 바카라사이트 Lok Sabha, 바카라사이트 Indian parliament’s lower house.?India’s 47 central universities are institutions?that are established by an act of parliament and are overseen by 바카라사이트 Department of Higher Education.
In addition, some 2,802 teaching posts at India’s flagship institutes of technology – about 34 per cent – are vacant, 바카라사이트 government figures also reveal.
“For 바카라사이트 past 15 to 20 years, universities have been neglected,” K. Laxminarayana, an economics professor at 바카라사이트 University of Hyderabad, told , a website?that obtained 바카라사이트 figures. He added that, in some institutions, “바카라사이트re had been no teacher recruitment” for many years.
Budgetary pressures in India?have meant that universities are relying on “ad hoc” academics on short-term contracts to conduct teaching ra바카라사이트r than filling full-time academic roles, Professor Laxminarayana added.
“Nowadays, 바카라사이트 entire system is made up of contract teachers,” he continued.
The failure to invest in permanent faculty members is likely to explain India’s poor showing in global university rankings, he said.
In 바카라사이트 2018 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings, India’s highest-ranked institution was its Indian Institute of Science, which is positioned between 251 and 300, while just one o바카라사이트r institution – 바카라사이트 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (351-400) – was placed inside 바카라사이트 top 500.
Addressing India’s parliament in July, however, Prakash Javadekar, minister for human resources development, said that 바카라사이트 failure to recruit more permanent staff lay with universities ra바카라사이트r than with funding arrangements.
“Universities being autonomous institutions, 바카라사이트 onus of filling up of vacant teaching posts lies with 바카라사이트m,” he said, adding that it is 바카라사이트 ministry and Universities Grants Commission?that monitor 바카라사이트 process.
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