Tamil Nadu to hire 1,311 full-time lecturers on a contractual basis to fill vacant posts

These posts have been lying vacant since 2017 after the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) stopped conducting the recruitment exam due to a scam

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25.11.2019


To fill vacancies in the government polytechnic and engineering colleges, the higher education department of Tamil Nadu has passed an order, approving the recruitment of 1,311 lecturers on a contractual basis. These lecturers will receive a monthly remuneration of Rs 15,000.

Since 2017, over 1,000 lecturer posts have been lying vacant in state-run polytechnic colleges, and 220 posts have been vacant is engineering institutes. This was caused due to a scam in the Polytechnic Lecturers’ Recruitment Test in 2017 after which the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB), the conducting body of the exam, cancelled the same and got involved in a long legal battle with the Supreme Court. The apex court has given its verdict this year to begin administering the exam from this year again.

According to the government order, it is mandatory for engineering and polytechnic colleges to get the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) approval every year to admit students. To get extension of approval (EOA) from AICTE each year, it is vital for polytechnic and engineering institutes to maintain a facultystudent ratio of 1:25 and 1:20, respectively.

Since AICTE, NAB and NAAC do not consider faculty hired on an hourly basis, the government has opted for lecturers on a contractual basis in line with the temporary lecturers of Arts and Science colleges.

அரிசி அட்டையாக மாற்றும் வசதி: உணவுத் துறை இணையத்தில் இரு வாய்ப்புகள்

01:32 am Nov 22, 2019 |

சா்க்கரை அட்டைகளை அரிசி அட்டைகளாக மாற்றம் செய்வதற்காக உணவுத் துறையின் இணையதளத்தில் இரண்டு வாய்ப்புகள் அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதால் குடும்ப அட்டைதாரா்கள் குழப்பம் அடைந்துள்ளனா். எந்த வாய்ப்பைப் பயன்படுத்தி அட்டை வகையை மாற்ற வேண்டுமென கேள்வி எழுப்பியுள்ளனா்.

தமிழகத்தில் 2 கோடி குடும்ப அட்டைதாரா்களில் 10.20 லட்சம் குடும்ப அட்டைதாரா்கள் அரிசியைத் தவிா்த்து இதர பொருள்களைப் பெறும் சா்க்கரை குடும்ப அட்டைகளை வைத்துள்ளனா். இந்த அட்டைதாரா்களில் பலா் அரிசி பெறும் அட்டையை மாற்றிக் கொள்ளலாம் என அரசு அறிவித்துள்ளது.

இணையதளத்தில் மாற்றலாம்: தமிழக அரசின் உணவுத் துறை இணையதளத்திலும், வட்ட வழங்கல் அலுவலகங்கள், சென்னையில் உதவி ஆணையா் அலுவலகங்களுக்கு நேரில் சென்றும் சா்க்கரை குடும்ப அட்டையை அரிசி அட்டையாக மாற்ற விண்ணப்பிக்கலாம் என அரசு அறிவிப்புச் செய்துள்ளது. இதற்காக, வரும் 26-ஆம் தேதி வரை கால அவகாசம் அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
தற்போதைய செய்திகள் :

இதையடுத்து, இணையதளத்தில் ஏராளமான குடும்ப அட்டைதாரா்கள் தங்களது சா்க்கரை பெறும் குடும்ப அட்டைகளை அரிசி அட்டைகளாக மாற்றம் செய்து வருகிறாா்கள். ஆனால் இந்த மாற்றத்தை மேற்கொள்ளும்போது குழப்பங்கள் ஏற்படுவதாக அவா்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றனா்.

இதுகுறித்து, சென்னை உள்பட தமிழகத்தின் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளைச் சோ்ந்த குடும்ப அட்டைதாரா்கள் கூறியதாவது:-

அட்டை வகையை மாற்றிக் கொள்ள உணவுத் துறையின் இணையதளத்தில் ஏற்கெனவே வசதி செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதாவது, பச்சை வண்ணத்தின் பின்புறத்தில் வெள்ளை எழுத்துக்களுடன் (தங்களது அட்டை வகையை மாற்ற) வசதி செய்து தரப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஆனால், இப்போது தமிழக அரசின் புதிய அறிவிப்பின்படியும் அட்டை வகையை மாற்றிக் கொள்ளலாம். இதற்காக உணவுத் துறையின் இணையதளத்தில் தனியாக வசதி செய்து தரப்பட்டுள்ளது. ‘சா்க்கரை அட்டையை அரிசி அட்டையாக மாற்ற...’ என்று தனியாக சிவப்பு வண்ணத்தை பின்புறமாகக் கொண்ட வெள்ளை எழுத்துகளுடன் இணைப்பு தரப்பட்டுள்ளது.

இதில், எந்த இணைப்புக்குச் சென்று விண்ணப்பிக்க வேண்டும் என்ற குழப்பம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. ஏற்கெனவே உள்ள பச்சை நிற வண்ணத்திலான இணைப்பில் விண்ணப்பித்த பிறகு, சிவப்பு நிற இணைப்புக்குச் சென்று விண்ணப்பித்தால் ஏற்கெனவே விண்ணப்பித்ததாகக் காண்பிக்கிறது. எனவே, லட்சக்கணக்கானோா் பயன்படுத்தும் உணவுத் துறையின் இணையதளத்தில் சா்க்கரை அட்டையை அரிசி வகை அட்டையாக மாற்ற கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள இணைப்புகளில் எந்த இணைப்பு அதிகாரப்பூா்வமானது என கேள்வி எழுப்பினா்.

இதுகுறித்து, உணவுத் துறை வட்டாரங்கள் கூறுகையில், ‘இரண்டு இணைப்புகள் இருந்தாலும் ஒருமுறை மட்டுமே பதிவு செய்ய முடியும். எந்த இணைப்புப் பயன்படுத்தினாலும் பிரச்னையில்லை’ என்று தெரிவித்தனா்.

ஆந்திர கோவில்களுக்கு தனி சிறப்பு ரயில் வசதி

Added : நவ 22, 2019 01:33

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Toddler found dead on arrival at Chennai airport

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published  Nov 22, 2019, 1:12 am IST

Police said the toddler could have died due to travel weariness and breathing difficulty.

Hrithik.

Chennai: In a very sad incident, a six-month-old infant, born to an Indian software couple based in Melbourne, Australia, was found dead on landing at the airport in Chennai in the small hours of Thursday, police said.

According to the airport police, the couple Shakthi Murugan (32) and Deepa (29) from Vengaivasal in Selaiyur and Deepa’s mother Britto Queen were travelling from Melbourne to Chennai to spend their vacation along with baby Hrithik, via Kuala Lumpur in an Air Asia flight when the tragedy occurred.

On landing at the Chennai International Airport at 12.50 a.m. they completed the immigration formalities while Deepa was holding the infant. When they entered the customs area after immigration clearance, Deepa noticed that the toddler was unconscious and showed no signs of movement.

The couple tried to wake the child up thinking he was still asleep, however, his body had become cold by then. The shocked parents immediately alerted airport officials who rushed Hrithik to a private clinic within the international terminal, where doctors declared the infant had died two hours ago. The inconsolably weeping parents said the child was healthy and had been playing on the flight.

The airport police secured the body, registered a case, and sent it to the Chromepet government hospital to ascertain the cause of death. Police said the toddler could have died due to travel weariness and breathing difficulty and were waiting for the autopsy report to know the actual reason. Investigations are underway.

‘Rajini-Kamal Jodi like cat and mouse living together’

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

PublishedNov 22, 2019, 1:50 am IST

This caused a storm among the AIADMK members and they have been targeting the veteran actor.

Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

CHENNAI: The ruling AIADMK mocked the idea of an alliance between Tamil film ‘superstar’ Rajinikanth and actor-founder of Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan, saying it would seem like a “cat and mouse living together.”

An article published in the AIADMK mouthpiece Namathu Amma, said, “while Rajinikanth had announced he would take forward spiritual politics, Haasan is known for rationalism and communism.”

On Tuesday, when asked about Haasan’s comment earlier in the day that he would work with him for the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu, Rajinikanth said: “if a situation arises, we will work together for the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu.”

On Sunday, Rajini’s commented that Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami would not have dreamt of becoming Chief Minister and sustaining power. “So wonders and miracles happen. It happened yesterday, it is happening today and it will happen tomorrow,” he added.

This caused a storm among the AIADMK members and they have been targeting the veteran actor.

With the two actors announcing they could join hands, the AIADMK said Haasan has lost to Rajinikanth in the film industry and he was apprehensive now about this being repeated in politics. “Time will teach Rajini that a possible partnership with Haasan politically will not be fruitful,” the party said.

The AIADMK, specifically targetting Kamal Haasan, claimed that he was desperate not to lose to Rajini in politics as he had in cinema.

It said the prospective tie-up would in no way affect the AIADMK as it was resting on a “1.5 crore cadre base.”

This was an opportunity for them to successfully take on those aiming to defeat the party.

The article was published with a screen grab from the 1977 Tamil movie Pathinaru Vayadinile, where Kamal Haasan is seen massaging Rajinikanth.

Tiruchy man serves fresh, hot food for free to kin of patients at government hospitals
Seeing the service in Tiruchy, Ravindrakumar was approached by people in Pudukkottai.

Published: 21st November 2019 10:57 AM |

VG Ravindrakumar, treasurer, Agasthiyar Annadhanam trust serving food to people.

By Sowmya Mani

Express News Service

PUDUKKOTTAI: Last week, a van pulled up early in the morning outside Pudukkottai Government  Hospital. A few volunteers got their vessels ready and started serving piping hot breakfast to visitors and patients’ relatives.

The food was served free of cost by VG Ravindrakumar, treasurer, Agasthiyar Annadhanam trust. The trust has been serving free food outside Tiruchy GH for the past 29 years. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is served from 7 am to 8 am, lunch from noon to 1 pm and dinner from 7 pm to 8 pm.

The initiative was started in 1990 by V Govindaraj, Ravindrakumar’s father. “My father always wanted to
do social service. When he visited Tiruchy Government Hospital, he felt bad looking at the poor condition of patients. He started serving hot water and when the response was good, he started serving kanji (porridge),” said Ravindrakumar.

What started with hot water, today feeds almost 1,000 people daily in Tiruchy. Ravindrakumar and his wife prepare the meals at home. His day starts at 3.30 am and he begins making breakfast of kanji or pongal.

For lunch and dinner, it is variety rice, sambar, rasam and curd rice. While Ravindrakumar makes breakfast, his wife cooks lunch and dinner. He has secured permission from the food safety department and has a team of volunteers helping them daily.

Five sacks of rice (each sack consists of 25 kg)and 25 kg of kurnai rice are used daily to make the food. The trust has a couple of regular contributors who sponsor each day’s meals. It costs almost Rs 20,000 daily. They also get funds on people’s birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions. People eating
there are served on steel plates and the person who eats must wash the plate and keep it back. For people who want to take the food home, they must get their own utensils.

“My husband has been in hospital for a week. The food served by Ravindrakumar is a blessing for us. It is healthy and good to give my husband, too,” said Prema, a patient’s wife.

Seeing the service in Tiruchy, Ravindrakumar was approached by people in Pudukkottai. “My father believed in serving the needy. I am just continuing his path. There is nothing as satisfying as filling someone’s stomach and seeing the happiness on their face. God can be seen in their eyes,” said Ravindrakumar, who took VRS from Railways.

Government school teacher gets suspended for corporal punishment in Tamil Nadu
On hearing screams, locals residing nearby entered the school and saw the students getting punished.

Published: 21st November 2019 11:48 AM

By Express News Service

ERODE: A Mathematics teacher of a government school in Alangariyur panchayat was suspended for allegedly resorting to corporal punishment on his students for allegedly failing to complete homework assigned to them.

On Tuesday, when the teacher Selvaraj S asked his students from class seven about the homework, some of them admitted that they had not completed it.

Infuriated by the negative response, the teacher allegedly beat 12 students with a geometric scale.
On hearing screams, locals residing nearby entered the school and saw the students getting punished.
A villager Eswaran said the students were taken to a nearby hospital for first-aid after their hands were swollen.

After the incident, parents of the students staged protest in front of the school demanding action against the teacher.

After being informed, District Education Officer(DEO) K Palani and Deputy Inspector of School Education(DI) Mohan Kumar started an investigation, after which the teacher was suspended. The DI told TNIE that considering the public interest and the act of corporal punishment, Selvaraj has been placed under suspension.

On Wednesday, only around 25 students attended classes. Sources said that the teacher, who has been associated with the school for more than five years, had a good reputation among students and some of the parents.

"The teacher might have been emotionally disturbed due to many allegations against him levelled by factions among the staff. Also, he had some personal problems," the source said.

Officials from the Education Department said steps are being taken to ensure a peaceful environment for students and any teacher violating the rules would be held accountable. The Alangariyur Panchayat Union Middle School in the district has around 185 students.