NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 16
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.”
We thought teaching through teachers is their primary objective
I wonder what these institutions do without sufficient teachers
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 16, 2021
Another day as we come closer to the end of the year.
We have another year-end gift from the Modi government: WPI inflation is at 14.3 per cent
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 15, 2021
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”.
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.
