Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has directed Higher Education Department officials to fill up 1384 vacancies for post of assistant professors in various colleges of the State as soon as possible.
He has directed the Department to do recruitment for the aforesaid posts through Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission.
Notably, the posts of assistant professors had been lying vacant in many colleges of the state for a long time. Recruitment on these posts will not only provide employment to the youth of the state but will also meet the requirement of division-wise assistant professors in colleges. Notably, filling the vacant post in government departments and generating employment was a major poll promise in the Congress party's manifesto for the Assembly polls.
It was also brought to notice of the Chief Minister that apart from posts of assistant professors, the posts of sports officers are also lying vacant since long. Notably, it may also be recalled that Chhattisgarh is among 12 states including Union Territories (UTs) where Ministry of Human Resource Development had decided earlier to deploy highly qualified and motivated graduates recruited from IITs and NITs to teach in Engineering colleges.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has recruited more than 1200 highly qualified and motivated graduates from including IITs and NITs to teach in Engineering Colleges in States/UTs like Andaman & Nicobar, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand etc.
A public appeal was given to the MTech and PhD students from the premier institutions to express interest to work in these backward areas and serve the nation. There was an overwhelming response to the call, and more than 5000 highly qualified persons applied. The interviews were conducted in 20 NITs by constituting expert teams.
The entire process of giving a call and selection has been completed through a competitive and rigorous process of selection done through NITs in a record two-month period. Finally, 1225 candidates were selected and they have joined 53 colleges in these states. The new faculty will train the youngsters in host of technical institutions for the next three years.
Seven States including Chhattisgarh with a vision to rationalising the approval process of technical institutes have also submitted plans to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) which has approved preparation of perspective plan for Technical Education at State level, the Central Government had informed in April this year.
The other states were — Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana which have submitted their plans to AICTE.
AICTE doesn’t close down the Engineering Colleges on its own. However, some engineering colleges have been granted approval for closure by AICTE based on their request, it informed.
The actual enrollment in the engineering colleges is based on demand-supply condition which is attributed to location of the institute, academic and research infrastructure and placement prospects.