On Monday, the minister of state for education, Sukanta Majumdar, told the Lok Sabha that there are 5,182 teaching posts vacant across central universities. He said that a total of over 2,750 reserved posts are vacant across these institutes.
The minister revealed important data while replying to a question by Congress MP from Kerala’s Vatakara district Shafi Parambil and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MPs Selvaganapathi T M and Kalanidhi Veeraswamy from Tamil Nadu’s Salem and Chennai North, respectively.
Vacant reserved posts at Central Universities
The number of vacant reserved posts at Central Universities has been given below–
SC | 740 |
ST | 464 |
OBC | 1546 |
Total | 2750 |
Teaching Vacancies filled till November 2024
The number of teaching positions that were filled till November 2024 has been given below–
SC | 1048 |
ST | 512 |
OBC | 1734 |
Total | 3294 |
Over 3,000 positions have been filled across reserved categories. Majumdar said, “Through special recruitment drives, more than 7,650 teaching positions have been filled in central universities.”
Majumdar revealed that 3,332 pending vacancies were reported across 125 centrally funded higher educational institutions (CFHEIs) under the Department of Higher Education and seven autonomous bodies under the Department of School Education till 1 January 2024.
Teaching and non-teaching Vacancies
The number of teaching and non-teaching vacancies across CFHEIs has been given below–
SC | 1162 |
ST | 776 |
OBC | 1394 |
Total | 3332 |
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