Out of the 52 Government degree and autonomous colleges operating in the State, 47 are running without regular Principals. This has been informed by Higher Education Minister Ananta Das in response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray in the State Assembly.
The data furnished by the Minister also informed that as many as 720 lecturer and 1,295 nonteaching posts are lying vacant in Government colleges while 488-Category colleges are lacking 1,339 lectures in total.
Similarly, none of the State’s 17 aided private autonomous colleges has a regular Principal. Senior lecturers are working as In-Charge Principals in these autonomous colleges.
The Government had adopted a policy in 2015 to appoint Principal in aided colleges. later a case was filed against the policy and the High Court has issued a stay order. As many as 243 lecturer posts and 470 out of 814 sanctioned nonteaching posts are lying vacant in these colleges, informed the Minister.