Over half of the sanctioned teaching posts at the century-old University of Mysore (UoM) are lying vacant, with no appointments done since 2007. In this scenario, the university was banking on the guest faculty to carry out the academic activities with only 290 permanent teaching faculty remaining out of the sanctioned posts of 640.
How come the reputed centre of higher learning like the UoM manages the day-to-day teaching in the aftermath of serious shortage of faculty? Has the shortage affected the research activities?
Vice-chancellor N.K. Lokanath said in Mysuru on Friday, March 1, that the university had written to the government to fill up the vacant posts making appointments at the earliest to ensure academic excellence. “It has been assuring us that it will take up appointments; we are awaiting the government’s response on when the process can be initiated.”
