182 posts vacant in five govt agriculture colleges

Raipur, July 26

Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu has informed
that about 182 posts including teaching and non-teaching staff are
vacant in state’s five government agriculture colleges. Sahu’s
information came in the form of written answer to a question of
Congress MLA Dr Premsai Singh Tekam during the state Assembly’s
monsoon session on Monday.
Tekam has asked from the minister to provide detailed information
about the total number of government agriculture colleges being
operated in the state, the dates of their establishment and the number
of students in each institution. Tekam also inquired from the minister
about the total number of posts approved for each college besides the
status of vacancies and the time period the government would take in
filling all the vacant posts.
Sahu informed the House that the government had opened five
agriculture colleges in the state at Raipur, Ambikapur, Bilaspur,
Jagdalpur and Kawardha.
The first government agriculture college was opened in Raipur in 1961
and about 576 students have been enrolled in it. In 2001, three more
colleges were opened in Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur and the
strength of students in each college is 196, 220 and 212 respectively.
In 2007, the government established an agriculture college in Kawardha
where 159 students are studying.
Sahu informed that 60 teaching staff and 122 non-teachings staff were
vacant in the five colleges. In Raipur, 90 teaching posts have been
approved of which 22 are vacant while among 94 non-teaching approved
posts, 15 have still not been filled.
In Ambikapur, there are 16 posts for teaching staff, but only six have
been filled while ten still are vacant. Similarly, there are 57
non-teaching posts, but more than half, i.e. 31 posts are vacant.
Among 16 approved teaching posts in Bilaspur, only half have been
filled while 25 posts are still vacant out of 57 non-teaching posts.
In Jagdalpur, only one quarter of the total 16 approved teaching posts
have been filled while 12 are still vacant. Similarly, out of 57
non-teaching posts, 27 are still vacant.
In Kawardha, fifty percent of the 16 approved teaching posts have been
filled while 24 out of 56 non-teaching posts are vacant.