MUHS Report reveals Acute Faculty Shortage in GMCs- 10 functioning with less than 50 percent teaching staff
Mumbai: Highlighting major concerns regarding the quality of medical education in Maharashtra, a recent inspection report by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik, revealed an acute shortage of teaching faculty in the government medical colleges across the State.
As per the MUHS inspection report, not a single government medical college and hospital in Maharashtra has 100% of its teaching posts filled. In fact, ten GMCs in the State are reportedly functioning with less than half the sanctioned teaching staff, TOI has reported.
The Local Inspection Committee of MUHS evaluated the medical colleges for the academic year 2024-2025. It was revealed in the report that not a single one of the 25 government medical colleges and hospitals filled all the posts of Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors.
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As per the latest media report by the Times of India, the report revealed that 10 of these 25 medical colleges have less than 50% of the required teaching staff, resulting in an increased workload for the existing faculty.
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