State approves long-delayed faculty recruitment process

The Maharashtra state government has taken a major step to strengthen higher education by giving the go-ahead for recruitment to over 7,900 teaching posts and more than 2,200 non-teaching posts across public universities and aided private colleges, reports Niraj Pandit for the Hindustan Times.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis has principally approved the long-pending recruitment drive, which was last initiated in 2022 but got stuck due to technical glitches. At a high-level review meeting on Monday, Fadnavis expressed strong support for completing the recruitment process without further delay. “Filling vacant posts in public universities and aided colleges is crucial for implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) and improving the overall quality of higher education,” he said.

One of the key decisions taken at the meeting was the approval of 100% recruitment in state-aided engineering institutions.
Full report on the Hindustan Times site