{"id":240439,"date":"2023-05-01T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=240439"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:21:51","slug":"the-ad-hoc-epidemic-du-lecturers-suicide-should-occasion-introspection-on-recruitments-in-universities-and-colleges-government-must-regularise-posts-fill-vacancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-ad-hoc-epidemic-du-lecturers-suicide-should-occasion-introspection-on-recruitments-in-universities-and-colleges-government-must-regularise-posts-fill-vacancies\/","title":{"rendered":"The ad-hoc epidemic – DU lecturer\u2019s suicide should occasion introspection on recruitments in universities and colleges. Government must regularise posts, fill vacancies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S<\/strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cExpress View: The ad-hoc epidemic – DU lecturer\u2019s suicide should occasion introspection on recruitments in universities and colleges. Government must regularise posts, fill vacancies\u201d <\/b>published in the Indian Express <\/b>on\u00a01st <\/strong>May 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Education.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About the issues with ad hoc faculty recruitment.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: A former ad hoc lecturer at Delhi University College took his life after he did not get tenure after a provisional teaching stint of nearly five years. This again highlights the issues with the recruitment system in the country\u2019s higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

Why are the issues with the ad hoc faculty recruitment system in higher education institutions is essential?<\/h2>\n

Not eligible for various benefits<\/strong>: According to the education ministry figures for last year, the central universities employed more than 4,000 teachers on a temporary basis. They perform the same duties as the permanent faculty. But, the ad-hoc lecturers are not eligible for benefits such as gratuity, pensions, and the full range of medical allowances. Last year, the government also said that it had no plans to regularise the services of these ad-hoc teachers.<\/p>\n

Not follow the rulebook<\/strong>: The statute books of most universities underline that if a vacancy is for a period longer than what is stipulated in the rules, interviews for permanent posts must be held. For instance, the DU\u2019s rules state that \u201cad hoc appointment shall only be made for a period of more than one month and up to four months\u201d. But most universities have found ways to dodge these provisions and normalise ad-hocism.<\/p>\n

Increase in ad hoc teachers<\/strong>: The number of ad-hoc teachers at DU has grown eight times in the last 10 years \u2014 last year, they comprised 40% of the university\u2019s teaching force.<\/p>\n

The issue with permanent recruitment<\/strong>: Even if the permanent posts are advertised, interviews get delayed because of the centralised procedures. According to data presented by the education ministry in Parliament, more than 6,000 teaching positions are currently vacant across the country\u2019s central universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Institutions of Eminence (IOE) scheme and issues with higher education \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What should be done?<\/h2>\n

The National Education Policy 2020 envisions teachers\u2019 role in bringing about these far-reaching reforms. But, institutions cannot be built on the back of unfair employment conditions. Hence, the government should introspect the recruitment in universities and colleges and regularise posts, fill vacancies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cExpress View: The ad-hoc epidemic – DU lecturer\u2019s suicide should occasion introspection on recruitments in universities and colleges. Government must regularise posts, fill vacancies\u201d published in the Indian Express on\u00a01st May 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Education.… Continue reading The ad-hoc epidemic – DU lecturer\u2019s suicide should occasion introspection on recruitments in universities and colleges. Government must regularise posts, fill vacancies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[11521,212,10500],"class_list":["post-240439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-adhoc-faculty-recruitment-system","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700776578,"cached_date":1704826015},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}