The Human Resource Development Ministry has asked the University Grants Commission not to change the stipulated teaching hours of university and college teachers, weeks after a UGC notification increased the weekly workload.
The workload, including practicals, of assistant professors was increased from 16 to 18 hours and that of associate professors from 14 to 16 hours. Two hours of practicals equal one hour of teaching, as per the regulations.
The instruction comes after teachers at Delhi University called a strike.
They said this would lead to many ad hoc teachers losing their jobs. There was opposition to the plan in Maharashtra.
The reforms were based on the Nigavekar Committee’s recommendations.
