‘Over 42% teaching posts for OBC, SC, ST vacant: Govt

More than 42 per cent teaching posts reserved for OBC, SC and ST candidates in 45 central universities are lying vacant, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

According to data shared by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply, 7,033 posts are sanctioned for

Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Castes (SC) and ST candidates in central universities and out of these, 3,007 posts are vacant.

While 46 per cent posts (1665) for OBC are vacant, the vacant positions for SC and ST are 37 and 44 per cent respectively, it stated.

Among the positions filled in 2023, maximum are for the OBC category (285) followed by the SC (150) and the ST (82) categories, respectively.