Universities in Andhra Pradesh are reeling under acute shortage of teaching faculty, and the malady has reflected in the recent India Rankings-2023 by the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union Ministry of Education.
After reviewing the poor performance of the State’s institutions at the national level, officials at the helm of the State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) have decided to set higher targets and work diligently to achieve them.
The officials admit that 60% of the faculty posts are lying vacant in the universities across the State, and the number of vacant posts is higher in older institutions such as Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur, Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati, and Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Anantapur districts.
