Manpower crunch could hurt Assam plan for 15 more medical colleges

Manpower crunch could hurt Assam plan for 15 more medical colleges The Assam government has decided to raise the retirement age of faculty at medical colleges from 65 years to 70 to ease the shortage of faculty members GUWAHATI: The Assam government, which has targeted opening 15 new government medical colleges over the next 3-4 years, could face a tough job recruiting faculty members for the new institutes. “At present, we have around 2,000 faculty members in the 9 existing medical colleges and in the next 3-4 years, the requirement…

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