TN withdraws ban on recruiting teaching staff in 13 govt varsities
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:30.10.2019
After a gap of two years, the Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn its ban on recruitment of new faculty members in the 13 state universities, a move that will help fill 1,000 teaching posts. If they manage to fill the vacancies by the year-end, the 13 universities can hope to improve their position in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF).
Two years ago, the government had imposed the ban in a bid to get the universities to absorb the excess staff from Annamalai university, which they have been reluctant to do raising questions about qualifications. Last year, the ban stayed in place after the UGC directed states to freeze recruitment in view of the case in the SC on whether the reservation policy should apply to hiring for an institution as a whole or to separate departments.
Univs to not follow HRD directive on quota
The TN higher education department has clarified that the 13 state universities will not follow the Union HRD ministry directive to treat one institute as a unit for implementing reservation in recruitment. Instead, each department will be a unit. N Pasupathy, president, Association of University Teachers, has urged Bharathidasan University to implement reservation taking department as a unit as clarified by the state government in filling 54 teaching vacancies at the university. The university had advertised the vacancies taking institute as an unit to implement reservation.
State govt hampering recruitment, say univs
On August 1 this year, the high education department had also written to universities asking them to furnish reasons if a vacancy is not filled with the Annamalai university surplus staff.
Now an order from the higher education department says, “The ban imposed on the recruitment of teaching positions in the 13 universities under the aegis of higher education department vide government order dated 25.09.2018 is withdrawn and the universities may start up recruitment in teachers’ cadre.”
However, the state universities complain the state government is hampering recruitment by delaying appointment of its nominee on the interview panels.
For example, Anna University has more than 250 vacancies in teaching posts as there was no recruitment since 2014. “The university has completed calculating the vacancy positions to implement reservation in recruitment based on 200-point roster system. We have decided to take department as unit for implementing the reservation in teaching posts,” sources from Anna University said.
“We have written many letters to the higher education department with regards to the appointment of state government’s nominee. But, there was no response from the higher education department,” sources added.
Madras University is planning to give priority for 15 departments, which receive UGC’s grant and special assistance. “The university will seek the state government’s permission to fill the vacancies in the departments receiving financial aid under special assistance programme (SAP) and Centre for Advanced Study (CAS),” officials said.
The UGC has given 100 days’ time to fill all the vacancies. But, a majority of state universities are yet to start their recruitment process.
N.Pasupathy, president of Association of University Teachers has welcomed the move to lift the ban on recruitment at the universities. “Unlike the previous years, the universities should conduct the recruitment process in fair and transparent manner. The posts should be filled based on merit,” he said.
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:30.10.2019
After a gap of two years, the Tamil Nadu government has withdrawn its ban on recruitment of new faculty members in the 13 state universities, a move that will help fill 1,000 teaching posts. If they manage to fill the vacancies by the year-end, the 13 universities can hope to improve their position in the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF).
Two years ago, the government had imposed the ban in a bid to get the universities to absorb the excess staff from Annamalai university, which they have been reluctant to do raising questions about qualifications. Last year, the ban stayed in place after the UGC directed states to freeze recruitment in view of the case in the SC on whether the reservation policy should apply to hiring for an institution as a whole or to separate departments.
Univs to not follow HRD directive on quota
The TN higher education department has clarified that the 13 state universities will not follow the Union HRD ministry directive to treat one institute as a unit for implementing reservation in recruitment. Instead, each department will be a unit. N Pasupathy, president, Association of University Teachers, has urged Bharathidasan University to implement reservation taking department as a unit as clarified by the state government in filling 54 teaching vacancies at the university. The university had advertised the vacancies taking institute as an unit to implement reservation.
State govt hampering recruitment, say univs
On August 1 this year, the high education department had also written to universities asking them to furnish reasons if a vacancy is not filled with the Annamalai university surplus staff.
Now an order from the higher education department says, “The ban imposed on the recruitment of teaching positions in the 13 universities under the aegis of higher education department vide government order dated 25.09.2018 is withdrawn and the universities may start up recruitment in teachers’ cadre.”
However, the state universities complain the state government is hampering recruitment by delaying appointment of its nominee on the interview panels.
For example, Anna University has more than 250 vacancies in teaching posts as there was no recruitment since 2014. “The university has completed calculating the vacancy positions to implement reservation in recruitment based on 200-point roster system. We have decided to take department as unit for implementing the reservation in teaching posts,” sources from Anna University said.
“We have written many letters to the higher education department with regards to the appointment of state government’s nominee. But, there was no response from the higher education department,” sources added.
Madras University is planning to give priority for 15 departments, which receive UGC’s grant and special assistance. “The university will seek the state government’s permission to fill the vacancies in the departments receiving financial aid under special assistance programme (SAP) and Centre for Advanced Study (CAS),” officials said.
The UGC has given 100 days’ time to fill all the vacancies. But, a majority of state universities are yet to start their recruitment process.
N.Pasupathy, president of Association of University Teachers has welcomed the move to lift the ban on recruitment at the universities. “Unlike the previous years, the universities should conduct the recruitment process in fair and transparent manner. The posts should be filled based on merit,” he said.
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