EDUCATION

Ban on recruitments angers college teachers
B. S. Malik

Sonepat, July 19
Resentment prevails among the management committees and teachers’ associations of the government-aided private colleges over the continuing ban on new recruitment against vacant posts despite the new session having already commenced.

They say that the delay in granting government permission could be intended to make the government a nominated member as the president of the selection committees. This will make the government have its full command in the selections.

It is also feared that if the government did not succeed in this move, it could decide to abolish the posts which have been lying vacant for more than two years now.

“When the government is making new recruitments against vacant posts in the government colleges, then what is the reason in banning the new recruitments in the government-aided private colleges?” a member of the newly constituted management committee of a local college questioned.

It is pointed out that sometime back, the government decided to constitute a commission to regulate the appointments in the private colleges and bring all the colleges and universities in the ambit of the commission. However, this move did not succeed due to many reasons, mainly opposition by universities’ administrations and college teachers associations.

Then, a move to make the government a nominated member as the head of the selection committees was also reportedly initiated, but that was also dropped after opposition from the private college managements and teachers’ associations.

An office bearer of the district unit of the private college teachers association, on condition of anonymity, said that the ban on new recruitments was aimed to pressurise the college managements to accept the government conditions on new recruitments.

According to the existing rules, the chairman of the college managing committee is the president of the selection committee. Several former members of the local college management committees were of the opinion that sooner or later, the government would succeed in its designs as it (government) provides 95 per cent grant as salary of the college teachers in the government-aided private colleges and now wants the right to regulate the recruitments also.

The ban or delay in granting permission for new recruitments against the vacant posts was certainly a part of that move, they said.

It is also mentioned that as many as eight posts of lecturers in the local CRA college, four posts in Tika Ram Girls College, two posts in GVM Girls College and two posts in Hindu College have reportedly been lying vacant for want of government permission.

DU council gives nod to 25 pc internal assessment marks
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 19
Amid some midnight histrionics, the Delhi University’s Academic Council (AC) has approved the implementation of the 25 per cent internal assessment marks for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

In a meeting that lasted close to 11 hours, it was decided to implement the plan from this academic session and abide by the recommendations of the task force that was set up to examine the modalities of the plan.

Despite nine members opposing the decision, the AC gave the proposal a go ahead. The task force headed by Prof. S. K. Tandon, which submitted its report earlier, has recommended that of the 25 per cent marks allotted for internal assessment, five per cent should be set aside for attendance, 10 per cent for internal examinations and 10 per cent for assignments.

It has also been decided to constitute a Monitoring Committee headed by the Dean of Colleges to ensure that transparency and proficiency is maintained in the assessment procedure.

Dispelling fears about partiality and prejudice creeping in, the university has announced that there will be a Moderation Committee set up in all colleges to address the concerns of students.

The committee, which will include the Head of Department and the teacher concerned, will also have the student’s faculty advisor, to ensure that there is no victimisation and bias in judgement.

While students who enrolled in the last academic session are exempt from the internal assessment, it is the fresh batch that will have to ensure adequate attendance and good performance in the in-house examinations to stake a claim to these 25 per cent marks.

The university officials pointed out that students who take part in extra curricular activities have no reason to fear losing out on the five per cent marks allotted for attendance. They said these students will be awarded the marks, keeping in mind their contribution and performance. “If they are representing the college or the university, then they will not lose out on the marks,” said an official.

A faction of college authorities had expressed concern over the decision to allot marks for attendance. They contended that there is no attendance marked during PG lectures and that marks will be based on “insignificant parts like tutorials and preceptorials”.

Five elected unopposed to MDU Court
Our Correspondent

Rohtak, July 19
Following the withdrawal of nomination papers by Dr Suresh Chander Malik, Reader, Statistics Department and Mr Bhagat Singh, Lecturer, Physical Education, the remaining five candidates in fray for the five posts of the Maharshi Dayanand University Court have been elected unopposed.

Those elected unopposed are Dr N. K. Rattan, Reader, English Department, Mr Nikhilesh Yadav, Lecturer, English Department, P G Regional Centre, Rewari, Dr Radhey Shyam, Reader, Psychology Department, Dr S. K. Bansal, Lecturer, Geography Department and Dr Vimal Joshi, Reader, Law Department. Six candidates are in the fray for the two posts of the Executive Council of the university. The elections are slated for July 23.

Among the six candidates, four are Readers teaching in the university departments. They are Dr Suresh Chander Malik, Reader, Statistics, Dr S K Arora, Reader, Mathematics, Dr B. P. Singh, Reader, Law Department and Dr Rajender Singh, Reader, Computer Science Department.

The two posts for the Executive Council are reserved for Readers and lecturers. The two lecturers in contention are Dr H. S. Ratnoo and Dr R. R. Saini from Economics and Commerce Department respectively.

In his election manifesto, Dr Suresh Chander Malik has assured that he would take up the case of providing two increments to all teachers promoted to the Readers grade under the Career Advancement Scheme and oppose irregularities of the university administration and intervention of the state government in university affairs. He said that he would make efforts to restore the dignity of the teachers and strive for democratic functioning of the Academic Council and Executive Council.