Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey on Wednesday informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly that as many as 411 posts of professors and 1,329 posts of assistant professors are laying vacant in the State.
In a written reply to leader of Opposition T S Singhdeo, the Minister informed that out of 411 sanctioned posts of professors, none were filled and 1329 posts of assistant professors are vacant against 3129 sanctioned posts. Similarly, 19 posts of principal (Post Graduate) are lying vacant in Chhattisgarh, 63 posts of Principal (under graduate), Sports Officer (59), librarian (52) and College Registrar (8) he said.
Based on list of selected candidates received from Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, order for appointment of about 720 assistant professors has been issued during the last five years, said Pandey, adding that the Commission had issued an advertisement in 2014 for filling 966 vacant posts of assistant professors for 27 subjects.