Over 2,000 posts in different categories are lying vacant in two universities and other institutes running under the Skill Development and Technical Education Department, revealed the data furnished by Minister Usha Devi in the State Assembly on Thursday.
In response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray, the Minister stated that out 20 out of 25 sanctioned teacher posts are lying vacant in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology. While there is no Professor, the university has only one Associate Professor and four Assistant Professors on job.
While there are a total of 509 sanctioned teaching posts in the BPUT and five affiliated colleges, 230 posts are lying vacant. Similarly, these institutes are lacking 279 nonteaching posts now.
Similarly, 65 teaching posts, including 19 Professor posts are vacant in the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla. In Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology at Saranga, 60 teaching posts, including 10 Professor posts, are lying vacant for long.
The Minister further informed that 31 of 32 Government engineering and polytechnic schools have no Principals and as many as 741 posts including 400 teaching ones are vacant in them now. Out of 50 ITIs, 23 have no Principals also.