Sunday, September 30, 2018

Chennai colleges can apply online for faculty qualification 
approval

CHENNAI, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 00:00 IST

V-C says several self-financing colleges yet to submit details

Arts and Science colleges affiliated to the University of Madras can now apply online for obtaining qualification approval for faculty members. Qualification approval from the university is a mandatory requirement to ensure that colleges have made appointments based on the eligibility requirements prescribed by the University Grants Commission.

Vice-Chancellor P. Duraisamy said that once the applications are obtained online, the university would constitute a panel comprising the Vice Chancellor’s nominee, three experts for each subject, SC/ST and women nominees, and interview the faculty members in the university and grant qualification approval to those eligible. Principals of the respective colleges would also be on the panel.

At the university’s academic council meeting held on Saturday, Mr. Duraisamy urged the affiliated colleges’ representatives to inform their respective managements to send the details of their faculty. It was mostly self-financing colleges that had not submitted the details yet, he added.

Officials said so far it received details of only 1,467 teachers. The Vice-Chancellor told The Hindu that there must be at least 2,500 qualified teachers. At least, 60 to 70 self-financing institutions had not sent in the details yet.

On conducting the interview in the university he said, “Instead of having to send an expert panel to each college it would be better for the faculty to come to the university.”

The norm is that within three months of the selection of faculty members, colleges must send the details of the appointment for qualification approval, “but self-financing colleges do not send them. They ask for approval with retrospective effect. Even for Principal selection they do this,” Mr Duraisamy said.

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