Teacher vacancies at IITs and reservation

Question 1

What is the Background of the issue?

Answer 1

1. Additional Seats due to reservation to OBCs & EWS
2. more IITs were opened
3. Inadequate Teachers due to high bar for entry of teachers
4. Committee Formation to look at implementing the reservation system effectively.

Question 2

Why is it difficult to find candidates in reserved categories?

Answer 2

1. Education Ministry’s Committee has pointed out that the optimal is a ratio of 10:1
2. not enough candidates belonging to the reserved categories are going into research in engineering and technology

Question 3

What remedy is the Committee offering (recommendations)?

Answer 3

1.Student admissions and teachers’ appointments are covered by the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, and the CEI (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019.

2. Committee offers 2 options
   a. Exemption by including in 2019 law: According to the first, government could include the IITs in the schedule to the 2019 law on teachers’ recruitment, which would exempt these institutes from reservation, just as it does other institutions of excellence.

b. De-reservation of positions if no suitable candidates are found in that year
3. Government-sponsored preparatory programme to increase Pool