Engineering teachers shortage estimated at 20% — Joshi

NEW DELHI, AUG 25: Human Resource Development Minister Manohar Joshi today said there are vacancies for 10,000 teachers at engineering col...

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NEW DELHI, AUG 25: Human Resource Development Minister Manohar Joshi today said there are vacancies for 10,000 teachers at engineering colleges and Information Technology faculties in various institutions and efforts are on to seek assistance of professionals in industries to undertake part-time teaching in these colleges.

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Joshi said the number of students in engineering colleges are increasing and vacancies for teaching staff at these institutions are estimated at about 20 per cent.

He said a Prime Minister’s task force and a committee of the All India Council of Technical Education is looking into these problems and would come out with a report.

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There was also a proposal to bring in post-graduate students in the seventh semester to undertake teaching to make up for the shortage of teaching staff, Joshi said.

Attributing the shortage to students preferring to enter the industry instead of the teaching fraternity, the Minister said the Government was also considering discussions between academicians and industry professionals to update their knowledge.