Ghost faculty fraud: Only 25% of suspected teachers appear for univ probe

THE investigation into the ghost faculty fraud in engineering colleges affiliated to the Anna University is yet to reach a conclusion as a majority of the teachers suspected to have been involved in the illegality have failed to appear before the university's probe committees.

- BINITA JAISWAL

The teachers' list was prepared after officials scoured through a database containing 52,500 records.

According to sources, after the scam was unearthed by NGO Arappor Iyakkam in July, Anna University initiated an investigation and found that more than 676 teachers were shown to be working as full-time faculty in multiple engineering colleges simultaneously in the academic year 2023-24.