Freeze on hiring of profs by univs could be lifted
Recruitment Likely To Start In April
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
05.03.2018
Chennai : State universities in Tamil Nadu have been given a green signal by the governor-chancellor to begin recruitment for sanctioned teaching posts that have not been filled yet. In all probability, theuniversities will start the recruitment process from April.
The state government had placed an embargo on any kind of recruitment until the redeployment of excess staff in Annamalai University was completed. However, the redeployment is now in its final stages and willbecompletedby Marchend, said officials.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit gave the nod on Saturday at a meeting with vice-chancellors.
The decision has come as a major relief to the universities as they have 30%- 45% vacancies. “The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation takes into account the number of teachers wehave in proportion to the number of students. If the student-teacher ratio is high, our score takes a beating. So, we need to fill vacancies,” said a vice-chancellor, who did not wish to be identified.
At the meeting, the governor had also directed VCs to improve their NAAC score, as only one state university — Alagappa University — has an A+ score.
In a government order on April12 last year, the state government had noted that there were 1,031 excess teaching staff and 4,772 excess non-teaching staff at Annamalai University. Of these around 3,250 have been redeployed and 250 more will be redeployed by the end of March, said a top official.
“This includes 1,000 teaching staff who have been redeployed to universities including University of Madras and Anna University,” said the official.
However, the vice-chancellors have also been asked toconductthe recruitments in a fair manner by the governor. This comes in the backdrop of former Bharathiar University vice-chancellor A Ganapathi being caught red-handed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for accepting a bribe of ₹30 lakh from an assistant professor.
Corruption in recruitments has been rampant in TN universities which have also compromised on the quality of professors entering the system, say observers.
Recruitment Likely To Start In April
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
05.03.2018
Chennai : State universities in Tamil Nadu have been given a green signal by the governor-chancellor to begin recruitment for sanctioned teaching posts that have not been filled yet. In all probability, theuniversities will start the recruitment process from April.
The state government had placed an embargo on any kind of recruitment until the redeployment of excess staff in Annamalai University was completed. However, the redeployment is now in its final stages and willbecompletedby Marchend, said officials.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit gave the nod on Saturday at a meeting with vice-chancellors.
The decision has come as a major relief to the universities as they have 30%- 45% vacancies. “The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation takes into account the number of teachers wehave in proportion to the number of students. If the student-teacher ratio is high, our score takes a beating. So, we need to fill vacancies,” said a vice-chancellor, who did not wish to be identified.
At the meeting, the governor had also directed VCs to improve their NAAC score, as only one state university — Alagappa University — has an A+ score.
In a government order on April12 last year, the state government had noted that there were 1,031 excess teaching staff and 4,772 excess non-teaching staff at Annamalai University. Of these around 3,250 have been redeployed and 250 more will be redeployed by the end of March, said a top official.
“This includes 1,000 teaching staff who have been redeployed to universities including University of Madras and Anna University,” said the official.
However, the vice-chancellors have also been asked toconductthe recruitments in a fair manner by the governor. This comes in the backdrop of former Bharathiar University vice-chancellor A Ganapathi being caught red-handed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for accepting a bribe of ₹30 lakh from an assistant professor.
Corruption in recruitments has been rampant in TN universities which have also compromised on the quality of professors entering the system, say observers.
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