MADURAI: For those who are anxiously waiting for the State government to take up faculty recruitment process for appointing teaching staff in government colleges and other higher education institutions in Tamil Nadu, the Minister for Higher Education Mr.P.Viswanathan has given a good news from Madurai today.
“Very soon our government will start certificate verification and interview process to appoint 2,708 faculty through TRB. The Higher Education Department is committed to carry out recruitment process in a transparent manner by giving importance to eligibility and merit at all levels. There are 9,000 posts that are vacant now and we are speeding up the faculty recruitment process for government colleges etc and it is a resolve of our Chief Minister to take care of teaching post aspirants and also the present guest lecturers working across the State,” he said.
The Higher Education Minister had addressed a press meet in Madurai on October 27th 2026 after chairing the stakeholders consultation meeting held at district collectorate where he heard the suggestions and requirements of students, faculty, principals and college managements.
Stating that the present government led by Mr.C.Joseph Vijay is very sympathetic towards guest lecturers, the Higher Education Minister has said that he is aware of the immediate need of 8,000 guest lecturers working in colleges and their salary increase as announced in the assembly will come into effect very soon.
APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHANCELLORS:
Responding to a question on the delayed appointment of Vice-Chancellors for State universities, Mr.P.Viswanathan has said that the State government has already started the process of appointing interim VCs to start with so that the routine administration of varsities will not get affected.
“We want to appoint regular VCs for 13 universities, and to do that our government is going to solve the legal issues and court cases. Till such time, there will be a convener committee of Syndicate members that will be headed by a senior professor. The interim VC will manage the administration and it includes Madurai Kamaraj University also,” the Minister added while speaking to reporters after the review meeting.
Today’s stakeholders meeting here had covered six districts-Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, Virudhunagar, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram.
Among those who attended this meeting and heard the stakeholders’ grievances include Madurai MP Mr.Su.Venkatesan and Additional Chief Secretary to government for Higher Education Department Mr.Dheeraj Kumar IAS along with TANSCHE Vice-Chairman Mr.M.P.Vijayakumar (Retd IAS) and Madurai District Collector Mr.Nishant Krishna besides MLAs and senior officials from collegiate education department.
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