Government’s attendance lens on students, teachers
TNN | Jan 9, 2019, 12:54 IST
University Grant CommissionKOLKATA: The state government of Tuesday focused on stricter attendance norms in state-run universities and colleges — both for students and teachers. The vice-chancellors were asked to make at least 75% attendance mandatory for all students and make biometric attendance a must for teachers.
The decision to strictly follow the 75% attendance norm came in the backdrop of the violent protests by students barred from taking semester exams. Some of the 20 VCs, who attended the meeting with education minister Partha Chatterjee, requested the government to be more lenient, but the minister stuck to his guns, citing UGC norms.
The attendance of teachers came under the lens since in the first semester this year, the mandatory 16 weeks of classes could not be completed because of delayed admissions and the Puja vacation. The VCs were also asked to curtail the weekly preparatory leave of the teachers to compensate for the lost time.
The minister also said that in 2019-2020 session the admission process should be made fully online in all colleges and universities for undergraduate courses. Only when the student starts attending classes, their documents should be verified to avoid admission-related violence. The system was introduced for the first time this year and this will now become compulsory. “This means that the whole process —from filling up of admission forms to submitting the fees to banks after online publication of merit list — will have to be done online. The first interaction of freshers with union leaders will happen only after students start attending classes,” said a VC.
In case of PG admissions in universities, all VCs were requested to review the current provision of 60/40 ratio where 60% students are from the mother university and 40% from outside.
The vacant positions of teachers, officers and non-teaching employees have to be filled up within the next six months. The minister told the VCs that in such cases, the posts remaining vacant will be abolished.
The decision to strictly follow the 75% attendance norm came in the backdrop of the violent protests by students barred from taking semester exams. Some of the 20 VCs, who attended the meeting with education minister Partha Chatterjee, requested the government to be more lenient, but the minister stuck to his guns, citing UGC norms.
The attendance of teachers came under the lens since in the first semester this year, the mandatory 16 weeks of classes could not be completed because of delayed admissions and the Puja vacation. The VCs were also asked to curtail the weekly preparatory leave of the teachers to compensate for the lost time.
The minister also said that in 2019-2020 session the admission process should be made fully online in all colleges and universities for undergraduate courses. Only when the student starts attending classes, their documents should be verified to avoid admission-related violence. The system was introduced for the first time this year and this will now become compulsory. “This means that the whole process —from filling up of admission forms to submitting the fees to banks after online publication of merit list — will have to be done online. The first interaction of freshers with union leaders will happen only after students start attending classes,” said a VC.
In case of PG admissions in universities, all VCs were requested to review the current provision of 60/40 ratio where 60% students are from the mother university and 40% from outside.
The vacant positions of teachers, officers and non-teaching employees have to be filled up within the next six months. The minister told the VCs that in such cases, the posts remaining vacant will be abolished.
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