Ludhiana, December 25
Though Punjab Government has been trying hard to impress upon the Central Government for implementing Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) at the earliest, the teaching community feels that it needs to be implemented in its true spirit if the gross enrolment ratio had to be improved.
At the same time, the teachers maintain that state government must not want RUSA in Punjab to get grants from the Centre worth crores of rupees but should focus to bring "real" improvement in higher education.
Talking to The Tribune, the general secretary of Government Colleges Teachers' Association, Punjab, Prof Jaipal Singh said that within the first year of RUSA, the state government should at least fill 85 per cent vacancies in the state.
"Government needs to get the ban imposed on recruitments by the High Court lifted at the earliest. The improvement in higher education is possible if staff is appointed on regular basis. Guest faculty cannot serve the purpose," said Prof Jaipal Singh.
At present there are around 1,873 sanctioned posts of lecturers in Punjab, of which only 804 posts have been filled by the regular staff.
Apart from the recruitment process, the teachers feel that the state government must utilise all the grants under RUSA only on higher education. Dr Hardeep Singh, the president of the association, said most of the times, the grants of the Central Government were utilised on other tasks and the real aim of such projects was defeated.
Teachers said that the State Higher Education Council, formed by the Punjab Government on the directions of RUSA, was not having sufficient number of academicians.
Though Punjab Government has been trying hard to impress upon the Central Government for implementing Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) at the earliest, the teaching community feels that it needs to be implemented in its true spirit if the gross enrolment ratio had to be improved.
At the same time, the teachers maintain that state government must not want RUSA in Punjab to get grants from the Centre worth crores of rupees but should focus to bring "real" improvement in higher education.
Talking to The Tribune, the general secretary of Government Colleges Teachers' Association, Punjab, Prof Jaipal Singh said that within the first year of RUSA, the state government should at least fill 85 per cent vacancies in the state.
"Government needs to get the ban imposed on recruitments by the High Court lifted at the earliest. The improvement in higher education is possible if staff is appointed on regular basis. Guest faculty cannot serve the purpose," said Prof Jaipal Singh.
At present there are around 1,873 sanctioned posts of lecturers in Punjab, of which only 804 posts have been filled by the regular staff.
Apart from the recruitment process, the teachers feel that the state government must utilise all the grants under RUSA only on higher education. Dr Hardeep Singh, the president of the association, said most of the times, the grants of the Central Government were utilised on other tasks and the real aim of such projects was defeated.
Teachers said that the State Higher Education Council, formed by the Punjab Government on the directions of RUSA, was not having sufficient number of academicians.
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