Faculty Position in Central Universities: 14.3% SC, 7% ST, 23.4% OBC, Says Govt
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On December 11, in the Lok Sabha of the ongoing winter parliamentary session, Manickam Tagore (INC) raised questions regarding the representation of Other Backward Class (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the posts of professors of central universities. Through his question, Tagore inquired whether the OBC, SC, ST communities are receiving adequate representation in the faculty position in central universities.
Tagore had also asked for the union minister’s confirmation to the fact that the people from the OBC, SC and ST community hold a mere 4.5 percent, 7 percent and 2 percent professor’s post respectively while the upper castes acquire 86 per cent of the total posts.
These questions were presented to Dr. Subhas Sarkar, who is currently serving as the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Education. In the response, the union minister apprised the Lok Sabha through the special recruitment driver under Mission recruitment, more than 6080 faculty positions, including professor’s posts, have been filled. Out of these positions, 871 positions have been filled by Scheduled Castes, showing a representation of 14.3 percent. The minister further provided that a total of 426 positions are occupied by the Scheduled Tribes, accounting for a mere representation of 7 percent. As per the data, 1424 faculty positions were held by people belonging in the OBC community, resulting in 23.4 percent representation in the faculty positions in Central Universities. It is crucial to note that the aforementioned data is concerning the total faculty positions available in Central universities and not the post of professor.
The union minister also provided that as of now, there is not proposal regarding reservation in promotions for OBCs.
The data providing the representation percentage of these marginalised communities in faculty positions and the post of professors indicate a need for further efforts to ensure more equitable representation across these groups within central universities’ faculty positions.
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