Universities told to fill up all teaching-vacancies in 3yrs: Govt
What's the story
Concerned over the rise in vacancies of college and varsity teachers, the government today said it has asked all universities to fill them up within three-years.
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar informed Rajya Sabha that while 20.1% posts (1,37,298) of teachers were lying vacant in rural areas, 29.5% (1,68,719) were vacant in urban areas, as per All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for 2016-17.
Reservation
No SC/ST/OBC will be denied job as per quota: Javadekar
Javadekar said during 2016-17, as many as 19,732 posts of teachers were vacant in rural colleges alone and another 15,108 posts in urban colleges.
He said that the reservation of SCs/STs and OBCs will not be altered as "we have filed an SLP (special leave petition) in court" in this regard after a High Court order halted the filling of such vacancies.
Survey
Government conducted national assessment survey to bring new education policy
Javadekar said the government has conducted a national assessment survey of 22L students in classes III, V and VIII and 15L students of class X to ascertain the changes to be brought in the new education policy.
"On the basis of inputs received from students, which is the largest in the world, we will bring improvement in the education system," he added.