OVER 60% OBC, SC POSTS VACANT IN IIMS

ChinmayaIAS Academy - Current Affairs March 16, 2021 GS, GS2 Leave a comment 366 Views

More than half of the faculty positions reserved for the OBCs in Central institutions of higher education are vacant while about 40% of those reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes also remain unfilled.

Lacuna:

The situation is particularly acute in the elite Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), where more than 60% of SC and OBC reserved positions are vacant, while almost 80% of positions reserved for the STs have not been filled.
This means that out of 24 positions reserved for the STs, only five have been filled. For the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), data has only been provided for non-faculty positions.
Both the IITs and the IIMs have been lobbying for exemption from such faculty quota requirements.

Assistant prof. Posts filled:

Within the Central Universities, vacancies were higher at the level of professors.
Of 709 assistant professor positions reserved for the STs at the 42 universities, more than 500 have been filled.
However, when it comes to professors, only nine have been filled of the 137 reserved for the ST candidates.
This means that 93% of these posts remain unfilled. Less than 1% of the 1,062 professors in Central universities are from the ST communities.
Similarly, 64% of the 2,206 assistant professor positions reserved for the OBCs have been filled in the Central Universities.
However, less than 5% of the 378 professor positions reserved for the OBCs have been filled.
“Now, after implementation of ‘The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019’, the OBC reservation has been implemented at all levels.
Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission continuously monitor vacancies, but put the final blame on universities themselves.
However, the onus of filling up the teaching posts lies on Central Universities, which are autonomous bodies created under Acts of Parliament.
In fact, in June 2019, University Grants Commission had written to all Universities, giving them a six month deadline to fill up their vacancies, and warning that grants would be withheld if its directions were violated.
According to the data presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday, there are now 6,074 vacant positions at the 42 universities, of which 75% are in reserved categories.