The document was placed in Parliament just before it adjourned sine die. “The committee feels that the delay in the recruitment process of teachers/facilitators and for the post of Vice-Chancellor in academic institutions leads to lowering of academic standards in these institutions,” the report says. “The committee also points out that the [higher education] department should encourage the institutions to make the students pursuing Ph.D/doctoral degrees to teach some courses at the degree level with some financial support. The total number of sanctioned teaching posts in Central Universities is 16,600 (2,376 professors, 4,708 associate professors, 9,521 assistant professors). Out of these, 5,928 are lying vacant: 2,173 professors, 2,173 associate professors and 2,478 assistant professors.

Source: The Hindu January 07, 2018 17:26 UTC