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| Amend Selection Process for School Lecturers | | | Prof. SALEEM AYAZ RATHER | 10/16/2010 9:38:43 PM |
| After graduation students join university or PG colleges to pursue higher education i.e. Masters degree in the subject of their choice with an aim that a time will come when they will be able to apply for lecturer in school education Department or as an Assistant Professor in the Colleges. The eligibility criteria is not the same for colleges and schools. In colleges for the post of Assistant Professor, a Candidate Must be either Ph.D in the concerned Subject or Should have cleared SLET OR NET with 55% marks in Masters Degree while as for the post of Lecturer 10+2 A candidate must be simply Postgraduate in the concerned Subject.
Now having a Look at the selection Process for 10+2 Lecturer.There are two ways of selection.
(A) In service postgraduate Teachers having at least three years of permanent service to their credit are considered for promotion as+2 Lecturer through DPC but preference is given to those postgraduates working in the master grade in case master grade is not available in a particular subject then post graduate teachers are considerd for promotion irrespective of length of service.
(2) Through direct commission Previously applications used to be invited by state public service commission for 10+2 lecturer and candidates were recruited by state public service called for interview and then on the basis of performance of candidates in the interview select lists were released because during those days no. of postgraduate candidates were not much more.
But today the no. of postgraduate candidates is much more than the no. of posts advertised even twenty to thirty times more and thus public service commission is Left with no other option but to conduct the screening test in order to short list the no. of candidates to be Called for interview. There is no doubt that state public service commission has Launched fast tract recruitment programme and a large no of posts of +2 lecturers were filled in the shortest possible time and some select lists were released within 24hrs of the interview conducted.
Public service commission invites experts from out side the state to conduct the interview of the short listed candidates so that only the best talent available is selected for this noble profession and transparency is maintained throughout the selection process but still a large no of candidates who are not selected complain of favouritism in the interview part of the selection process as most of the candidates selected are only having masters degrees while as candidates with higher qualification like M. phil, SLET/ NET, & Ph.D are ignored.
A candidate despite being Gold medalist in masters degree besides M. phil and NET qualified, appeared in the interview for+2 lecturer twice but was not selected.Thus it justifies the proverb "the higher you go the cooler it is'' since proper weightage is not given to higher qualification. Is it justified that a candidate who puts his 2 to 5 years precious period of his life in acquiring higher qualification goes un rewarded in the hands of state public service commission.
Teachers are said to be the builders of nation and a layman knows what will be the fate of that nation where incompetent hands are selected for this job. Prof.Javid Mughal deserves appreciation for his article Published on 24th august where in he says, "somewhere the flaw lies in the selection process adopted by PSC and SSRB who do not scan the capabilities of the candidates for being put in the schools and colleges. The recommendations and influences work a lot in impacting the process of recruitment. The following suggestions can be taken into consideration in order to make the selection process more transparent.
(a) 50 marks meant for interview part be reduced to 20 marks in order to minimize the chances of favouritism in the selection process.
(b) The weightage for academic merit (Masters Degree which is basic qualification for Lecturership) is presentlty 30 marks be raised to 50 so that the candidates having higher percentage in masters degree are benefitted. The weightage for other higher/ additional qualifications should be as under.
The weightage for Phd which is presently 05 be raised to 10 besides this the weightage for M. phil/SLETorNET, though SLET/NET is now compulsory for Assistant professor in the colleges but if a candidates applies for +2 lecturer weightage must be given to the candidates who have qualified SLET or NET Thus the candidates who are M. phil orSLET /NET qualified be given 05 marks as weightage.The weightage for publications, extra curricular activities and the experience is ok i.e. 05 marks for each.
(c) There should be recording of the interview part of the selection process in order to make the selection process more transparent and also if a candidates feels that he/she was not awarded better in the interview part and thus could not make it to the select list, the whole record should be made available to the candidates after completion of certain formalties as may be prescribed by the public service commission that also in the presence of an expert either from within the state or from outside the state.Thus there will be no room left for any favouritism and selection process will become transparent one. |
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