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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Chennai: After initially refusing to distinguish between minority and non-minority colleges while evolving norms for selection of teachers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has yielded to demands from minority institutions for better leverage in determining the composition of selection panels.
As per the new UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualification for Appointment of Teachers in Universities and Colleges notified on June 27, the selection committee for professors in colleges will comprise the chairperson of the governing body of the college or his/her nominee, the college principal, head of department of the subject concerned, and two nominees of the vice-chancellor of the affiliating university of whom one should be a subject expert.
“In minority educational institutions, the college chairperson can nominate two persons from out of a panel of five names, preferably from minority communities, recommended by the vice-chancellor from the list of experts suggested by the relevant statutory body of the college, of whom one should be a subject expert,” a UGC official said.
For appointing principals too, minority colleges can choose their own nominee for the selection committee from a panel of five names recommended by the vice-chancellor.
Last year, the UGC had unveiled its draft regulations based on the recommendations of an expert committee headed by the former vice-chancellor of University of Madras, S P Thyagarajan, which mandated all colleges to include two nominees of the vice-chancellor of the affiliating university on the selection committee constituted for appointing teachers.
This had prompted administrators of minority colleges to demand a review of the draft keeping in mind the rights of the minorities granted under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. They argued that the draft not only failed to grant exclusive rights for minorities but also insisted that even the SC/ST/OBC member will be nominated to the selection panel by the vice-chancellor when members belonging to these communities are to be appointed in teaching vacancies
On the other hand, stakeholders such as the All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations had opposed the granting of any special concession for minority institutions in matters of appointing teachers.
Minority colleges to have more say in teacher selection
Chennai: After initially refusing to distinguish between minority and non-minority colleges while evolving norms for selection of teachers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has yielded to demands from minority institutions for better leverage in determining the composition of selection panels.
As per the new UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualification for Appointment of Teachers in Universities and Colleges notified on June 27, the selection committee for professors in colleges will comprise the chairperson of the governing body of the college or his/her nominee, the college principal, head of department of the subject concerned, and two nominees of the vice-chancellor of the affiliating university of whom one should be a subject expert.
For appointing principals too, minority colleges can choose their own nominee for the selection committee from a panel of five names recommended by the vice-chancellor.
Last year, the UGC had unveiled its draft regulations based on the recommendations of an expert committee headed by the former vice-chancellor of University of Madras, S P Thyagarajan, which mandated all colleges to include two nominees of the vice-chancellor of the affiliating university on the selection committee constituted for appointing teachers.
This had prompted administrators of minority colleges to demand a review of the draft keeping in mind the rights of the minorities granted under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution. They argued that the draft not only failed to grant exclusive rights for minorities but also insisted that even the SC/ST/OBC member will be nominated to the selection panel by the vice-chancellor when members belonging to these communities are to be appointed in teaching vacancies
On the other hand, stakeholders such as the All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations had opposed the granting of any special concession for minority institutions in matters of appointing teachers.
Courtesy: Times of India
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