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5000 Teaching Vacancies Opened in Central Universities

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.” 

Backlog in teaching, non-teaching posts 

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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