DU, JNU, Jamia has over 1350 teaching posts vacant

The three central universities located in Delhi, Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have over 1350 teaching posts lying vacant. Over 6100 faculty positions are lying vacant in central universities.

Delhi University has the highest number of teaching posts vacant among all central universities

As many as one-third of teaching posts are lying vacant in central universities in the country, with the highest number of positions vacant in DU and Allahabad University. Delhi University has 846 teaching posts vacant, while AU has 598 posts yet to be filled.

Delhi has three central universities, JNU, DU and Jamia, and as per data shared by the Union Ministry of Education in Rajya Sabha, three universities have 1351 posts of faculty lying vacant.

The admission season at various universities have either started or is likely to begin in August for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. With universities already facing challenges related to offering online education having a high number of faculty positions vacant only adds to their problem.

According to a member of Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA), the numbers which are given by the ministry are only of posts lying vacant in the university departments, while if we look at the total number of posts lying vacant in all constituent colleges of DU their numbers are five times high. “The position of VC is lying vacant, the former VC could not initiate the process of filling of vacant posts. This problem is only going to aggravate,” he added.

After Delhi, Uttar Pradesh has four central universities with 1353 teaching posts lying vacant. As stated above AU has 598 posts vacant which is the highest, followed by Banaras Hindu University (BHU) having 422 posts vacant out of sanctioned 2108 posts. Aligarh Muslim University has 291 posts vacant while the newly established Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University having 42 posts vacant.

50% teaching posts in CU vacant

Newly established central universities are one of the worst-hit when it comes to the recruitment of teachers. Some of them have nearly half of the total number of seats allocated, lying vacant. The Central University of Odisha has over 80 percent seats vacant, as 137 posts are lying vacant out of 154. The Central University of Haryana has 125 out of 266 posts vacant. The Central University of Karnataka has over 91 seats lying vacant out of 206.

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