The Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have affirmed that there will be no de-reservation of reserved faculty positions in higher education institutions. This clarification follows a report suggesting that the UGC had released draft guidelines for de-reserving vacancies in higher education institutes (HEIs).
Chairman of UGC, Jagadesh Kumar, clarified in an interview with ANI that the released guidelines are only in draft form and are open for public feedback. He assured that the final document will not include any de-reservations, emphasising that there has been no de-reservation of reserved category positions in Central Educational Institutions (CEI) in the past and that no such de-reservation will occur.
Additionally, the Ministry of Education, in a post on X, stated that directives have been issued to all Central Educational Institutions to fill vacancies strictly in accordance with the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019.
The ministry emphasized that the Act ensures reservation for all posts in direct recruitment in the Teacher’s cadre in Central Educational Institutions, and no reserved post is to be de-reserved after the enactment of the Act. The Ministry has instructed all CEIs to adhere to the provisions of the 2019 Act while filling up vacancies.
With inputs from ANI.