Srinagar: A day after Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report castigated Kashmir University over the severe shortage of permanent teaching staff, Varsity on Wednesday circulated a notice regarding the filling of vacant teaching posts in the varsity.
University of Kashmir sources told CNS that these posts are lying vacant from years, while at the present moment more than seventy contractual lectures are working in the varsity. “Kashmir University has re-employed number of faculty members from past three years while retired officials are preferred over young qualified and talented youth,” said senior most professor of the varsity.
Sources said that a new circular was issued on Wednesday directing the Head of Departments to prepare a list of vacant posts lying in their respective departments. One of the Head of Departments of Kashmir University told CNS that prior to this circular, he had already handed over the list of vacant posts in his Department but the file is still lying in Raj Bhawan for approval.
Pertinently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has painted a grim picture of Kashmir University, over the past four years. (CNS)