Chidambaram slams Centre over vacant posts in central univ, IITs, IIMs

New Delhi: A day after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha that over 10,000 teachers’ posts are vacant in Central Universities, IITs and IIMs, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed the central government, saying that this is a “year-end gift from the government.” Former Finance Minister Chidambaram tweeted, “Another year-end gift from […]

New Delhi: A day after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha that over 10,000 teachers’ posts are vacant in Central Universities, IITs and IIMs, Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed the central government, saying that this is a “year-end gift from the government.”

Former Finance Minister Chidambaram tweeted, “Another year-end gift from the Modi government: There are over 10,000 teaching posts vacant in central universities, IITs and IIMs. Of these 4,126 are reserved for SC, ST and OBC”.

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In the second tweet, he said, “We thought teaching through teachers is their primary objective I wonder what these institutions do without sufficient teachers.” In a written response, Pradhan told the Upper House, “6,535 full-time teaching posts in central universities, 403 in 20 IIMs and 3,876 in 23 IITs were vacant.

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