ROW OVER CHOOSING VCs
Guv says Kerala govt pushing political agenda
Thiruvananthapuram: 12.12.2021
Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday reiterated his observations that political interference plagues the higher education sector as the political agenda of the state government outweighs academic merit while choosing vice-chancellors of universities in the state.
Khan who shot a strongly worded letter to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday, expressing his willingness to step aside as the chancellor of state universities, told reporters in New Delhi on Saturday that he was forced to write the letter as he had run out of options to ensure autonomy and integrity of universities. He said he tried to best to avoid a confrontation with the government, but the latter refuses to get along. When it comes to the matter of selection of candidates to the post of university vice-chancellors, the government tries to tie the governor’s hands in order to push political agenda, he said.
“The chief minister has nothing to do with universities. While the school education in the state if fine, higher education has gone to the dogs. Even appointments are made against the rules,” Khan said. The governor said he did really mean it when he advised the chief minister to bring in an ordinance to assume the role of chancellor by himself. TNN
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