Jagan for filling up of vacancies in universities

Chief Minister on Thursday authorised Education Department to fill up 2,635 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor vacancies in universities and 660 similar posts in IIITs

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Update:2023-08-03 21:56 IST
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AMARAVATI: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has approved filling up of all existing vacancies in universities and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)regularly.

Chief Minister on Thursday authorised Education Department to fill up 2,635 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor vacancies in universities and 660 similar posts in IIITs. The Government already filled up 51,000 vacancies in the Medical and Health Department.

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The appointment process, to be taken up by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) through an online examination system and interviews, would be completed by November 15.

The Chief Minister said universities would put up best performance if they were equipped with regular teaching staff. “As we have filled up 51,000 posts in the Medical and Health Department, we should fill up existing vacancies in the universities also on regular basis,” he said adding that the selection process must be done purely on merit basis to ensure good quality education for students.

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We have completed the appointment of 1.30 lakh staff members in village and ward secretariats in a flawless manner and the appointment of faculty in universities and IIITs should also be expedited in the same manner, he said.

Officials proposed that candidates already working on a contract basis should be given a maximum of 10 weightage marks at the rate of one mark per year.

Notification would be issued by the APPSC for filling up the posts on August 23 and online examination would be conducted in the third and fourth weeks of September.

Results would be declared on October 10 and the final list after conducting interviews would be declared by November 15.

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