New Delhi, March 11 -- The Union ministry of health and family welfare is considering faculty pooling among medical institutes and hiring retired teachers as visiting faculty to tackle the shortage of educators in medical colleges across the country, according to people familiar with the matter.
These measures emerged during a recent post-Budget webinar where experts brainstormed ways to optimise resources in medical colleges amidst the consistent increase in the number of medical seats. "I supported suggestions like faculty pooling among medical institutes that are in the vicinity and hiring retired teachers as visiting faculties to make unviable institutions viable," said Union health minister JP Nadda following the expert consultation....