Bihar government to amend statute for appointment of university teachers: Sushil Kumar Modi

PATNA: The state government will make necessary amendments to the statute for appointment of assistant professors in Bihar colleges and universities in the larger interest of the local aspirants, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Friday. The statute was approved by governor Phagu Chauhan recently.
The deputy CM said a high-level meeting of government officials was held on Friday under the chairmanship of chief secretary Deepak Kumar to review the anomalies in the latest statute. It was decided that candidates would be awarded full marks for PhD degree obtained during the gap period in the implementation of UGC regulations in 2009 at the national level and implemented in 2012 in the universities of Bihar. The present statute does not take into account those candidates while allotting 30 marks out of 100 on PhD degree.
Modi said the talented youths from Bihar won’t be allowed to suffer on account of some reported anomalies in the statute for appointment of assistant professors in the universities of Bihar.
It was also decided that since MPhil degree is not awarded by any university in the state, no marks would be allotted for it in the appointments. The statute provides for seven marks to MPhil degree. So far as marks for publication of research papers in peer-reviewed or UGC-approved journals (two marks for each paper subject to a maximum of 10 marks) is concerned, it was decided that the UGC guidelines would be strictly followed in the matter.
Modi said the state government is seized with the problem of educated youths in the state and hence it would strive hard to remove their genuine grievances at the earliest.
It may be mentioned that nearly 8,000 assistant professors are to be appointed by the Bihar state University Service Commission against the vacant posts in different universities of the state on the basis of the statute.