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New Delhi: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the central government has temporarily banned the mandatory PhD requirement for the post of assistant professor. Candidates who qualify the National Eligibility Test (NET) will continue to be eligible to apply for the post.
In 2018 the government announced That from the academic session 2021-22 all recruitment in universities and colleges will be done on the basis of PhD and NET will not be the only criteria for selection.
During an interaction with a group of journalists on Wednesday, the Education Minister informed that the scheme for this year has been put on hold, and candidates, whether they have PhD or not, can apply for the post of Assistant Professor. .
The post of an assistant professor is an entry level position in the teaching department of a university and most of the people applying for it are post graduate, NET qualified people who are either pursuing PhD or taking a break later in their career and for this Enroll.
“We were receiving a lot of requests from candidates who wanted to apply for the post of assistant professor but were unable to fulfill the requirement of PhD,” Pradhan said.
The rule was being implemented under the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) policy ‘Minimum qualification for appointment of teachers in universities and colleges and measures for maintenance of standards in higher education’.
when it was first proposed In the year 2018, candidates were given three years to complete the PhD requirement. However, the plan has again been shelved.
In 2018, when the then Education Minister announced the need for a mandatory PhD for assistant professors, he said this was being done “to improve the quality of higher education and to attract and retain the best talent in the country”. .
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Vacancies need to be filled
The Minister further pointed out that doing away with the requirement of PhD is in line with the faster filling up of vacancies in Central Universities. In an interaction with the heads of all central universities last month, Pradhan Asked They have been asked to complete the recruitment process by October this year.
In April, he informed Parliament said that as of April 1, 44 central universities had more than 40 per cent teaching posts vacant.
“There are a large number of teaching posts vacant in central universities and I have given them the task of filling up the posts at the earliest. I have been in regular touch with university heads and many of them have also taken out advertisements,” Pradhan said.
“They have been asked to complete the issue of advertisement by the end of October and from there they can continue with the process of interview and recruitment,” he added.
(Edited by Neha Mahajan)
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