36.5 per cent of faculty positions are vacant in IITs
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New Delhi: The premier technical institutes in the country, IITs and NITs, are facing acute shortage of teachers with more than one third faculty positions lying vacant. It is understood that lack of qualified teachers as well as inability of the government to attract teachers to these posts is hindering the process of recruiting new teachers.
While the Narendra Modi government has promised to establish five more IITs in Jammu, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, it has a mighty task of resolving the shortage of faculty in existing institutes.
Sources stated that while 36.5 per cent of faculty positions are vacant in IITs, in case of NITs the situation is even worse with 40.8 per cent of such posts lying vacant.
However, in an effort to tide over this shortfall, the government has proposed to take a slew of measures. The Union human resource ministry has already proposed more incentives for IIT faculty members.
A performance-related incentive scheme for existing teachers and faculty members has been proposed which will also take into acc-ount the performance of teachers in terms of research work and publications.
Sources stated that the government also advertises through Indian and foreign publications for faculty positions in these institutions.
( Source : dc )
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