Deemed univ asks up to 1 year’s salary to issue certificate
Ragu.Raman | Oct 21, 2019, 04:43 IST
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Chennai: Candidates applying for the position of assistant professors in government colleges were shocked to find that their previous employer, a deemed university in the city, was demanding up to a year’s salary as ‘service fee’ to issue experience certificates.
While colleges ask up to Rs 2,000 as administrative charges to provide an experience certificate, the demand of one year’s salary by the deemed university, located in the city’s suburbs, has raised concerns.
According to candidates, the institution has three categories for issuing experience certificates. “To get an experience certificate of up to three years, faculty members have to pay three months’ salary. Those employed for three years to seven years, six months’ salary has to be paid and those working for more than eight years, a full year’s salary is demanded,” the candidates said. Recently, the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) issued a notification to recruit 2,331 assistant professors for government arts and science colleges.
With just more than a week to go for the last date, several candidates, working as lecturers, found it difficult to get experience certificates. The weightage for teaching experience carries 15 marks and for each year’s experience candidates get two marks. “The institute is exploiting this rule and demanding one year’s salary to give experience certificate for more than eight years which would fetch full marks to the candidates,” said a former faculty member at the deemed university.
More than 200 faculty members, present and former, from the deemed university are qualified to apply for the assistant professors’ post, but, few have got the required certificate. “Our salaries are low. We cannot pay such a huge sum to get the certificate. When some of the old faculty members approached the university administrative staff, they were told that it is the university’s norms. We are not sure which norms allow the university to levy such a fees,” a former faculty member from the deemed university told TOI on condition of anonymity.
TRB is insisting on experience certificates this year to check malpractice. But many colleges are apprehensive to give salary details as they pay lectures very less. “Though the TRB’s new experience format is hard to tamper with, the candidates are facing difficulties in acquiring certificates. Some colleges are using the situation trying to exploit the candidates,” said A R Nagarajan, adviser to NET SLET Association.
The officials from directorate of collegiate education said they would take action against institutions demanding money if they receive any specific complaints.
Ragu.Raman | Oct 21, 2019, 04:43 IST
RAGU.RAMAN
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Chennai: Candidates applying for the position of assistant professors in government colleges were shocked to find that their previous employer, a deemed university in the city, was demanding up to a year’s salary as ‘service fee’ to issue experience certificates.
While colleges ask up to Rs 2,000 as administrative charges to provide an experience certificate, the demand of one year’s salary by the deemed university, located in the city’s suburbs, has raised concerns.
According to candidates, the institution has three categories for issuing experience certificates. “To get an experience certificate of up to three years, faculty members have to pay three months’ salary. Those employed for three years to seven years, six months’ salary has to be paid and those working for more than eight years, a full year’s salary is demanded,” the candidates said. Recently, the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) issued a notification to recruit 2,331 assistant professors for government arts and science colleges.
With just more than a week to go for the last date, several candidates, working as lecturers, found it difficult to get experience certificates. The weightage for teaching experience carries 15 marks and for each year’s experience candidates get two marks. “The institute is exploiting this rule and demanding one year’s salary to give experience certificate for more than eight years which would fetch full marks to the candidates,” said a former faculty member at the deemed university.
More than 200 faculty members, present and former, from the deemed university are qualified to apply for the assistant professors’ post, but, few have got the required certificate. “Our salaries are low. We cannot pay such a huge sum to get the certificate. When some of the old faculty members approached the university administrative staff, they were told that it is the university’s norms. We are not sure which norms allow the university to levy such a fees,” a former faculty member from the deemed university told TOI on condition of anonymity.
TRB is insisting on experience certificates this year to check malpractice. But many colleges are apprehensive to give salary details as they pay lectures very less. “Though the TRB’s new experience format is hard to tamper with, the candidates are facing difficulties in acquiring certificates. Some colleges are using the situation trying to exploit the candidates,” said A R Nagarajan, adviser to NET SLET Association.
The officials from directorate of collegiate education said they would take action against institutions demanding money if they receive any specific complaints.
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