Expressing their concern over the sluggish growth of higher education in Bihar, the academics have urged the powers that be not to carry forward some of the crude legacies of yesteryears if they really want to revitalize the system of higher education.
The year that has just passed witnessed some serious controversies over the appointment of VCs and the ad hocism prevailing in the universities. The universities were made to run in blatant violation of the provisions of the Act and statutes owing to serious differences between the two constitutional authorities, the state government and the chancellor, said Federation of University Teachers' Associations of Bihar (Futab) working president Kanhaiya Bahadur Sinha and general secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The state education department also did not lag behind in destabilizing the system by ignoring the orders of the court resulting in over 3,000 writs and contempt cases. The education department is yet to set a benchmark for itself as the bureaucrats have failed to decide what actually are their duties and responsibilities in shaping the higher education system, the two leaders said.
Appointment of teachers, rationalization of posts, resolution of the perennial problems of designated demonstrators, non-payment of salaries to the fourth phase constituent college teachers, implementation of recent Supreme Court directions with respect to the teachers absorbed over three decades back, and denial of second promotion to a large number of teachers despite a national consensus on granting at least two promotions in the entire career are some of the issues which must be resolved without any further delay, they said.
They further said that the government has failed to come out with a concrete policy on delinking of intermediate teaching from degree colleges, opening of model colleges and accommodation of a large number of inter pass outs into the higher education stream.
Semester system is being introduced without revamping of the examination sections of the universities, which find themselves unable to cope up with the present workload. In some universities, honours papers are being examined at obscure places by unqualified persons, they alleged. The leaders demanded revival of the Bihar State Inter University Board which can serve as a policy framing body as well as an advisory council to the state government and the chancellor. The academic policies must emerge from some academic body, they added
The year that has just passed witnessed some serious controversies over the appointment of VCs and the ad hocism prevailing in the universities. The universities were made to run in blatant violation of the provisions of the Act and statutes owing to serious differences between the two constitutional authorities, the state government and the chancellor, said Federation of University Teachers' Associations of Bihar (Futab) working president Kanhaiya Bahadur Sinha and general secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh.
The state education department also did not lag behind in destabilizing the system by ignoring the orders of the court resulting in over 3,000 writs and contempt cases. The education department is yet to set a benchmark for itself as the bureaucrats have failed to decide what actually are their duties and responsibilities in shaping the higher education system, the two leaders said.
Appointment of teachers, rationalization of posts, resolution of the perennial problems of designated demonstrators, non-payment of salaries to the fourth phase constituent college teachers, implementation of recent Supreme Court directions with respect to the teachers absorbed over three decades back, and denial of second promotion to a large number of teachers despite a national consensus on granting at least two promotions in the entire career are some of the issues which must be resolved without any further delay, they said.
They further said that the government has failed to come out with a concrete policy on delinking of intermediate teaching from degree colleges, opening of model colleges and accommodation of a large number of inter pass outs into the higher education stream.
Semester system is being introduced without revamping of the examination sections of the universities, which find themselves unable to cope up with the present workload. In some universities, honours papers are being examined at obscure places by unqualified persons, they alleged. The leaders demanded revival of the Bihar State Inter University Board which can serve as a policy framing body as well as an advisory council to the state government and the chancellor. The academic policies must emerge from some academic body, they added
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