Around 35 percent posts are vacant in the central universities, 25 percent in the IIMs, 33.33 percent in the National Institute of Technology and 35.1 percent in other central education institutions coming up under the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

However, the minister denied any decision to start an Indian Education Service to meet to the shortage.

“There is no decision of the government for creation of the Indian Education Service. Although the National Education Policy, 1986, provides for the establishment of Indian Education Services as an all-India service, however, as there was no consensus among the state governments, it could not be established,” Sibal said.

However, the minister said short-term measures like raising the retirement age in teaching posts from 62 to 65 years and enhancement in salaries and other benefits for teachers are being taken by the government.

“Several long-term measures have also been initiated for attracting young people to opt for this (teaching) career. These include, enhancement in fellowships and attractive start-up grants in various disciplines,” Sibal added.

The Rs. 2430 crore project, funded by World Bank, Government of India, various state governments and private institutions, was started to strengthen institutions with improved learning outcomes and employability of its graduates.  

The project will be implemented in pursuance of the National Policy on Education through MHRD.  An estimated 200 engineering institutions National Institute of Technology (NITs) will be competitively selected along with a small number of eligible private unaided institutions.

These teachers and officials have been charged to cheat AICTE in the matter of granting recognition to a Jaipur based Engineering Institute on the basis of false document. A similar kind of case has been registered against a teacher of Delhi University, a teacher of NIT (Kurukshetra), Regional Officer, AICTE, Chandigarh and some other teachers and officers.
CBI has registered cases against them after conducting searches at Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Jallandhar, Chandigarh and Delhi. According to CBI huge cash, assets in form of immovable property and FDRs have been found in the raids.

Two other universities, Ambedkar University and National Law University were already been established in 2008. Government schools performed much better than the much- hyped Public schools, Central Schools and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya. Students of government schools have achieved 124 merit certificates in senior secondary examinations.

In a major step the HRD ministry decided to abolish the 10th board examination and made it optional. Establishment of 16 new central universities, decision to allow evening polytechnics and engineering college were major steps this year.