India's student-teacher ratio lowest among compared countries, lags behind Brazil and China
5 years, 6 months ago

India's student-teacher ratio lowest among compared countries, lags behind Brazil and China

India Today  

India trails behind several countries including Brazil and China in terms of student-teacher ratio in higher education segment, a government report has revealed. Rising enrolment and low hiring rates results in lack of teachers The faculty shortage have worsened over the time due to increasing enrolment rate of the students and low faculty recruitment in the higher education institutes. New faculty positions not created due to various reasons Enlisting the reasons for low student-teacher ratios at the higher education level, the report has noted that apart from not filling up the sanctioned strength, most institutions hesitate in creating new faculty positions. Read: UGC revises guidelines to fill faculty job vacancies, gives 6 months time Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' has also been emphasising on filling up faculty positions on war footing in various meetings with the higher education institutions.

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