The Hindu: 40% of SC/ST faculty posts in Central universities vacant
Representation of SC/ST lecturers only 12.8%, way below 22.5% mark
Bureaucratic apathy, absence of clear deadlines
Mumbai: Even after four decades of reservation, over 40 per cent of SC/ST lecturer posts are still lying vacant in 19 Central universities. Out of the total number of 4,887 posts sanctioned by the University Grants Commission, there are only 629 SC/ST lecturers belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. This leaves a backlog of 471 as per the 2007-08 data sourced from the UGC under the Right to Information Act.
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