Around 35% shortfall of teachers in 23 IITs: RTI
An RTI query has revealed that around 35% posts of teachers are lying vacant in 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country. "As against sanctioned strength of 7,744 teachers, 5,072 teachers were teaching 82,603 students in 23 IITs as on October 1, 2016," activist Chandrashekhar Gaud said on Tuesday citing a reply from an official in HRD Ministry.