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