Govt to recruit 2,154 lecturers through CET

November 22, 2014 05:00 pm | Updated 05:00 pm IST - BENGALURU:

After a gap of five years, the government has decided to recruit 2,154 lecturers to various Government First Grade Colleges in the State.

To ensure merit and transparency in the appointment, the government has granted permission to the Karnataka Examinations Authority to fill up 2,154 vacancies through a Common Entrance Test (CET).

Minister for Higher Education R.V. Deshpande told presspersons here on Wednesday that there would no interview in the entire process of appointing faculty. The last appointment of lecturers to government colleges was done during the previous BJP regime in 2009.

There are 411 government first grade colleges in the State.

Smart classrooms

He said a decision has been taken to establish smart classrooms for quality enrichment of teaching-learning processes. As a pilot, small classrooms would be set up in select 50 government first grade colleges in the Kalaburagi division. Subjects taught by about five lecturers would be recorded and distributed to colleges through local area network (LAN) or videos. This would help students to understand subjects in a more concrete manner even in the case of vacancies in particular subjects, he said.

Based on the success of the model, smart classroom concept would be expanded to other colleges in a phased manner.

Virtual classes

Mr. Deshpande said virtual classes would be commenced though e-content, e-books and audio-books pertaining to undergraduate courses syllabus, extra-curricular programmes and personality development. Materials are available online. Students and staff can access to subject materials through college computers and mobile handsets via wireless LAN.

“This measure is intended to supplement the traditional course delivery system by enabling the students to access useful online OpenCourseWare content off-line and bypass the bottleneck of textbook production,” the Minister said.

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