‘PhD holders need no NET to be teachers’
9 Nov 2012 4:16 AM IST
With a view to simplify the appointment of teachers and other academic staff in universities and colleges and to mainten the standards in higher education, the University Grant commission (UGC) in it’s 489th meeting has decided to exempt the PhD holders from having to qualify the National Eligibility Test (NET) additionally. It has also been decided to remove Academic Performance Indicator (API) and Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS).
This decision was taken by the commission on the recommendation of the revisit committee pertaining to general and academic issues as pointed out in Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) letter dated 28 August from deputy secretary.
Earlier, to become a teacher in central university, it was mandatory for even PhD students to qualify for the NET. PhD holders were also adjudged on the basis of their performance appraisal.
Commenting on this development, Rajendar Prasad, principal of Ramjas College, said, ‘This is a good decision taken by the commission. Because of this, the students doing PhD will now be exempted from these additional burdens. As it is, they already pursue studies for long.’
During the meeting, Ved Parkash, chairman of UGC, Ashok Thakur, and members, Anjuly Chib Duggal, Seyed E Hasnain, Indu Sahani, Yogendra Yadav, V S Chauhan and D Narshima Reddy were also present.
Meanwhile, the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) welcomed the decision of the UGC revisit committee: to scrap the points-based Appraisal System (PAS) for teachers in colleges and universities, as well as to remove UGC-NET as an eligibility criterion for applicants who have been awarded doctorate degrees.
The DUTA had submitted a detailed feedback on the regulations, where it had also listed the anomalies and oversights contained in the Sixth Pay-Revision.
Keeping the uniqueness of the teaching profession in mind, the DUTA had criticised the PAS as it mechanically quantifies a teacher’s contribution to teaching, research and participation in administrative work and reduces it to merely a race for ‘points.’
DUTA delegations have met the UGC Acting-Chairperson on several occasions and have even interacted with the UGC Revisit Committee to communicate the teachers’ concerns and points of view on the UGC Regulations and anomalies.
The DUTA appeals to the UGC to expeditiously resolve the remaining pay and service-related anomalies so that teachers are motivated to give their best to the profession.
This decision was taken by the commission on the recommendation of the revisit committee pertaining to general and academic issues as pointed out in Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) letter dated 28 August from deputy secretary.
Earlier, to become a teacher in central university, it was mandatory for even PhD students to qualify for the NET. PhD holders were also adjudged on the basis of their performance appraisal.
Commenting on this development, Rajendar Prasad, principal of Ramjas College, said, ‘This is a good decision taken by the commission. Because of this, the students doing PhD will now be exempted from these additional burdens. As it is, they already pursue studies for long.’
During the meeting, Ved Parkash, chairman of UGC, Ashok Thakur, and members, Anjuly Chib Duggal, Seyed E Hasnain, Indu Sahani, Yogendra Yadav, V S Chauhan and D Narshima Reddy were also present.
Meanwhile, the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) welcomed the decision of the UGC revisit committee: to scrap the points-based Appraisal System (PAS) for teachers in colleges and universities, as well as to remove UGC-NET as an eligibility criterion for applicants who have been awarded doctorate degrees.
The DUTA had submitted a detailed feedback on the regulations, where it had also listed the anomalies and oversights contained in the Sixth Pay-Revision.
Keeping the uniqueness of the teaching profession in mind, the DUTA had criticised the PAS as it mechanically quantifies a teacher’s contribution to teaching, research and participation in administrative work and reduces it to merely a race for ‘points.’
DUTA delegations have met the UGC Acting-Chairperson on several occasions and have even interacted with the UGC Revisit Committee to communicate the teachers’ concerns and points of view on the UGC Regulations and anomalies.
The DUTA appeals to the UGC to expeditiously resolve the remaining pay and service-related anomalies so that teachers are motivated to give their best to the profession.
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