பகுதி நேரப் பேராசிரியர் நியமனம்: யுஜிசி வழிகாட்டுதல் வெளியீடு

பல்கலைக்கழகங்கள், கல்லூரிகளில் பகுதி நேரப் பேராசிரியர்களை நியமனம் செய்வதற்கான வழிகாட்டுதலை பல்கலைக் கழக மானியக் குழு (யுஜிசி) வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

உயர் கல்வித் தரத்தை உயர்த்தும் வகையிலும், ஆராய்ச்சிகளை மேம்படுத்தும் வகையிலும் பேராசிரியர்கள் அல்லாத பல்வேறு துறை வல்லுநர்களை பகுதி நேர பேராசிரியர்களாக நியமனம் செய்து கொள்ளும் வகையில் புதியத் திட்டத்தை யுஜிசி அறிமுகம் செய்துள்ளது.

அதாவது பிரபல விஞ்ஞானிகள், பொறியாளர்கள், மருத்துவர்கள், வழக்குரைஞர்கள், கலைஞர்கள், ஐஏஎஸ், ஐபிஎஸ் அதிகாரிகள், பிற தொழில்நுட்ப வல்லுநர்கள், பணியிலிருந்து ஓய்வுபெற்ற வல்லுநர்கள் ஆகியோர், பேராசிரியருக்கான முறையான கல்வித் தகுதியை அவர்கள் பெற்றிருக்காவிட்டாலும்கூட பகுதி நேர பேராசிரியர்களாக நியமிக்க இந்தத் திட்டம் அனுமதிக்கிறது.

இதற்கான வழிகாட்டுதலை யுஜிசி இப்போது வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. அதாவது, இந்த வல்லுநர்கள் முதுநிலை பட்டமோ, ஆராய்ச்சி பட்டமோ பெற்றிருக்கவில்லை என்றாலும் அவர்களின் திறமை, பதவி ஆகியவற்றின் அடிப்படையில் குறைந்தபட்சம் 6 மாதங்கள், அதிகபட்சம் 3 ஆண்டுகள் வரை பகுதி நேர பேராசிரியராக நியமனம் செய்து கொள்ளலாம்.

இவர்கள் மாணவர்களுக்கு பாடங்களை நடத்துவது, பயிலரங்கம் அமைத்து துறை சார்ந்த பயிற்சிகளை அளிப்பது என்பதோடு பிற பேராசிரியர்களுக்கு ஆலோசகராகவும் செயல்படலாம் என்பன உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு நடைமுறைகளை யுஜிசி வகுத்துள்ளது.

மேலும், இவ்வாறு நியமிக்கப்படும் பகுதிநேர பேராசிரியர்கள் பதவிக் கால முடிவில் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட பல்கலைக்கழகம் அல்லது கல்லூரிக்கும், யுஜிசி-க்கும் தன்னுடைய செயல்பாடு அறிக்கையைச் சமர்ப்பிக்க வேண்டும். இந்தச் செயல்பாடு அறிக்கையின் அடிப்படையில், தேவைப்பட்டால் அவரை மீண்டும் பணியமர்த்திக் கொள்ளலாம் எனவும் யுஜிசி தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

Septuagenarian to Receive Super Specialty Degree from Dr. MGR Medical University

It's very rare that 71-year-old receives a degree for completing a super-specialty medical course. But septuagenarian M.A. Bose will receive his degree for an M.Ch in neurosurgery from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in south India on April 30.

He joined the course at Madras Medical College in 2010. "The selection committee interviewed him and after finding that there was no age criteria for the course, decided to admit him. However, he did not receive the stipend that is given to other students as he was not eligible," said Jhansi Charles, registrar of the university.

During this course, he was staying was with his son in Arumbakkam. At the end of 2013, his son passed away. "After this happened, I became very depressed. I could not concentrate at all for a year. It was only in my third attempt that I managed to pass the exam," he said.

Dr. Bose completed the programme in 2014. "I am happy with my practice. Once every few months perhaps, I will get a neurosurgery case. It will be interesting," said this grandfather of eight.

Dr. Bose has practiced as a general surgeon and ENT specialist in Aruppukottai, just over 50 km from Madurai. He had done his MBBS and MS from Madurai Medical College. He owns a 12-bed clinic in Aruppukottai.



Source: Medindia

New MBBS curriculum may be introduced next year

The Medical Council of India (MCI) is working on a new MBBS curriculum for the country, which may come into effect by 2016-17. “The first draft has been completed. After looking at it once more,it will be sent to medical colleges for the faculty to be trained, after which it will be implemented,” said Jayshree Mehta, president of the regulatory body, speaking to the press on Thursday.

The new curriculum, which has been in the works for a year-and-a-half now, will be the first change since 1956. “This will be a competency-based curriculum. We find that a lot of students focus more on their postgraduate studies rather than their internships, leaving them unable to perform practically. Also, there are so many things in the old syllabus that have become obsolete now. We want the students to have the latest knowledge there is,” she said.

The curriculum will emphasise professionalism and ethics and also focus on mental health and sexual health issues. “The curriculum will ensure doctors are trained in treating victims of sexual violence,” she said.

On the shortage of faculty and colleges often ‘borrowing’ doctors to display a full strength to MCI, she said this practice had to be stopped. “We need full-time faculty. That is why, now even before colleges get recognition (which is a long process), we allow them to start postgraduate non-clinical courses. The shortage is slowly coming down,” she said.

On increasing the retirement age of faculty from 70 to 75, she said this had not yet been decided. “Teachers have requested it but we also have to consider the promotions issue,” she said.

The status of Chennai’s newest government medical college at Omandurar Estate will be known by May 15, said C.V. Bhirmanandam, vice-president, MCI. “We are processing the report and once we are convinced, we will pass it. This will be announced after May 15,” he said.

Health secretary J. Radhakrishnan said the new college had been compliant with all MCI’s requirements for faculty, infrastructure and equipment. If the college begins functioning this academic year, it will add another 100 seats to the State’s 2,555.

Earlier in the day, Dr. Mehta participated in the 27th convocation of the TN Dr. MGR Medical University at the University of Madras. Governor K. Rosaiah and Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar also participated. The university also took this opportunity to celebrate the permission granted by MCI to increase their annual intake of postgraduate students in Immunohematology and blood transfusion from the academic year 2013-14.

A total of 11, 185 students were conferred with degrees and diplomas under the faculties of medical, dental, AYUSH and allied health science courses.

The new curriculum marks the first

change in the syllabus

since 1956

SC cancels student's admission to MBBS course at Jipmer

CHENNAI: The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Madras high court which allowed a student, who was provisionally admitted under a reserved quota seat, to continue his education at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer) in Puducherry.

In his petition, Gokul Sugan, said he belonged to the Kongu Vellalar community, which was classified as Other Backward Caste (OBC) in Tamil Nadu and as Backward Caste (BC) in Puducherry.

He had applied for admission as a reserved quota student at Jipmer, but the authorities denied him admission stating the community was not listed as BC by union government.

He filed a writ petition in the Madras high court in 2014. In its verdict in September 2014, a single judge held that Gokul belonged to the reserved quota and was entitled for admission in the institute.

Jipmer appealed against the order. The court passed an interim order the next month directing the institute to provisionally admit Gokul, till the petition was disposed.

The court passed its final orders in December. A division bench said though Gokul did not belong to reserved quota, it would be inappropriate to withdraw his admission as he had completed the first year MBBS course.

Jipmer then moved the apex court. Counsels for Jipmer, attorney general Mukul Rohatgi and senior counsel M T Arunan said Gokul's admission was provisional, and as he did not belong to the reserved quota, his admission could be cancelled.

Counsel for Gokul said if the admission was cancelled, it would cause " serious prejudice" to the student, and he would lose around two academic years. Also, it was because of the division bench's order that Gokul did not take admission elsewhere.

A bench of Justice B Lokur and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said "continuance of Gokul Sugan in the institute was not justified. It is unfortunate that he had to lose around two years of his education, but as his admission was not permissible in law, there was no option but to sympathize with him."

College a temple, teachers gods: High court

CHENNAI: A college student found in the company of a senior girl student inside a locked classroom, and dismissed by the college management for an "immoral act", failed to earn any reprieve in the Madras high court, which said such behavior of students could not be encouraged inside education institutions which should be treated as temples.

Justice S Vaidyanathan, refusing to come to the rescue of K Suthan of Sivanthi Aditanar College, Pillayarpuram in Nagercoil, said: "The place where education is imparted should be regarded as a temple and teachers as gods. If this kind of activity is encouraged to happen in college premises, more particularly among students, it will definitely become a social menace. The entire society will be at peril."

Suthan, a third year MCA student, had cleared all his papers and paid examination fee for his final semester too. However, after finding him inside a classroom with another student, who was two years senior to him and had completed her BCom course, he was first suspended from the college in November 2014. He moved the court challenging the action against him. Noting that the girl has not lodged any complaint, he said the allegation against him had no legs to stand.

The college management, in its submission, said it had been established that the student took a girl alone inside a classroom and locked the door. There were eyewitnesses to the occurrence, it said, adding that if stringent action is not taken, the name of the institution will be at stake. Also, during the pendency of the writ petition, the student had been found guilty and dismissed from the college, it said.

Justice Vaidyanathan, terming the student's claim that he had taken a stranger who was not studying in the college at the time into the classroom as "absurd and vulnerable", said: "Nowadays, the impact of cinema/media is more on the younger generation and some films exert an evil influence on many people. It is no doubt true that films which show the activities of criminals have encouraged many youths to commit acts of crime. Films dealing with sex and other natural weaknesses of man have corrupted the morals of many people."

While conceding the usefulness of mass media as a source of news and knowledge, the judge rued, "Good things being telecast or published do not reach the minds of the public, especially youngsters, as bad message travels faster. TV, cinemas, dramas and other modern technologies like mobile phone become the root cause for spoiling the life of a youth. The present case is the perfect example in that line."

Agreeing with the college management's stand that the order of suspension could not be challenged in view of the subsequent order of dismissal, Justice Vaidyanathan dismissed the petition saying if such activities are encouraged, it would develop into a social menace.

இஎஸ்ஐ மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் மாணவர் சேர்க்கைக்கு தடை கோரி வழக்கு: மத்திய அரசுக்கு நோட்டீஸ்

இஎஸ்ஐ மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் வரும் கல்வியாண்டில் மாணவர்களை அனுமதிக்க தடை கோரி தாக்கல் செய்யப்பட்ட மனுவுக்கு பதில் அளிக்குமாறு மத்திய அரசுக்கு நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்ப சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

மதுரையைச் சேர்ந்த எம்.முத்துவேல் உள்பட சென்னையைச் சேர்ந்த ஐந்து பேர் உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் தாக்கல் செய்த மனு விவரம்: தொழிலாளர் ஈட்டுறுதிக் கழகம் சென்னை, பெங்களூரு உள்பட ஐந்து மாநிலங்களில் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரித் தொடங்கி கடந்த 2010 முதல் நடத்தி வருகிறது.

இந்த நிலையில், நிதிச் சுமை காரணமாக மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளை தொடர்ந்து நடத்துவதில் சிக்கல் ஏற்பட்டது. இதையடுத்து மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளை நடத்தத் தேவையில்லை எனக் கருதி அவற்றை மூட முடிவு செய்துள்ளதாக கடந்த ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் மாதம் இஎஸ்ஐ அறிவிப்பு வெளியிட்டது.

மேலும், மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் தற்போது படிக்கும் மாணவர்கள் அவர்கள் படிப்பை முடிக்கும் வரை அல்லது அவர்களை வேறு கல்லூரிக்கு மாற்றும் வரை கல்லூரிகள் தொடர்ந்து நடத்தப்படும் என்று அந்த அறிவிப்பில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

ஆனால், இந்த முடிவுக்கு மாறாக 2015-16 ஆம் கல்வியாண்டில் எம்.பி.பி.எஸ்., பி.டி.எஸ். படிப்புகளில் மாணவர்களை அனுமதிக்க உள்ளதாக கடந்த மார்ச் மாதம் மீண்டும் இஎஸ்ஐ அறிவித்தது.

வரும் கல்வியாண்டில் புதிய மாணவர்களைச் சேர்க்க இஎஸ்இ எடுத்த முடிவு தன்னிச்சையான முடிவாகும்.

காப்பீடு செய்த தொழிலாளர்களுக்கும், அவர்களது குடும்ப உறுப்பினர்களுக்கும் சிகிச்சை அளிப்பதற்காகவே இஎஸ்ஐ மருத்துவமனைகள் தொடங்கப்படுவதாக சட்டத்தில் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

அதற்கு மாறாக மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகள் தொடங்கி அதற்காக இதுவரை ரூ. 15 ஆயிரம் கோடி நிதி ஒதுக்கீடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. எனவே, இஎஸ்ஐ நிர்வாகம் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கும், அவர்கள் குடும்ப உறுப்பினர்களுக்கும் சிகிச்சை அளிப்பதை விடுத்து,கல்லூரிகளை தொடங்கி நடத்தி வருகிறது.

எனவே, வரும் கல்வியாண்டில் அதன் மருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளில் மாணவர்களை அனுமதிக்க தடை விதிக்க வேண்டும். மேலும், கடந்த மார்ச் மாதம் பிறப்பிக்கப்பட்ட உத்தரவை ரத்து செய்ய வேண்டும் என மனுவில் கோரப்பட்டது.

இந்த மனு நீதிபதி எம்.சத்தியநாராயணன் முன்பு விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது. மனுவை விசாரித்த நீதிபதி ஜூன் 26-ஆம் தேதிக்குள் மனுவுக்கு பதில் அளிக்குமாறு மத்திய அரசுக்கு நோட்டீஸ் அனுப்ப உத்தரவிட்டார்.

HC upholds teacher’s suspension for sponsoring liquor party for students

The Madras High Court Bench here has refused to interfere with an order passed by Joint Director of School Education (Personnel) on April 9, suspending from service a government school teacher accused of sponsoring a liquor party, which was organised by outgoing Class X students of a high school at Mukkanamalaipatti in Pudukottai district.

Justice S. Vaidyanathan dismissed a writ petition filed by the Tamil teacher, challenging the suspension order, quoting Mahatma Gandhi: “A teacher cannot be without character. If he lacks it, he will be like salt without its savour. A teacher must touch the hearts of his students. Boys imbibe more from the teacher’s own life than they do from books.

“If teachers impart all the knowledge in the world to their students but do not inculcate truth and purity amongst them, they would have betrayed them.” He also quoted former President S. Radhakrishnan: “A teacher must be an example of good conduct. He must inspire the pupils who are entrusted to his care with love of virtue and goodness.”

Beginning his judgment with the Sanskrit verse: ‘Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwara,’ which elevates the position of a teacher to that of God, the judge said the High Court in a judgment rendered in 1990 had said: “It is a very lamentable state of affairs that, in this country, a teacher who is considered equal to God, should fall from the highest pedestal to the lowest level.”

The writ petitioner claim that he gave Rs.500 to the students on their request and on the promise of being repaid, only for purchasing cakes and savouries to celebrate the farewell party did not cut ice with the judge, who said such a defence before the court could not be a reason to either set aside or stay the suspension order, pending a full-fledged enquiry into the issue.