The Kerala Principals’ Council has urged the government to sanction teaching posts for academic programmes allotted during the 2013-14 academic year.
A meeting of the council held here on Saturday observed that about 1,600 guest faculty members had to be engaged in nearly 153 aided colleges owing to the freeze in the appointment of regular teachers for courses sanctioned in 2013-14.
“Two batches of students had passed out from these aided colleges without having regular faculty members to teach them. The situation may turn worse in the coming days, if the government did not sanction regular teaching posts,” said M. Usman, president of the council.
The council urged the government to clear the hurdles in the approval of appointment of principals in aided colleges. Dr. Usman said that nearly 60 principal appointments were yet to receive the nod from the government. These principals are having Ph.Ds, but their approvals were kept pending stating that they lack Academic Performance Indicator score and guide-ship. But the government had amended the rules for principals in government colleges who had Ph.D and 15 years of of service and granted promotions to them, he said.
The council said that appointment of principals in aided colleges would not be possible from the next academic year, if the issue was not resolved. Referring to the government decision to appoint Ombudsman to check various irregularities in colleges, including the award of internal marks, the council pointed out that the government should check whether a body that lacked the recognition of Syndicates, academic councils, and Senates in the varsities would end up as an extra-statutory body. Discussions should be held with the colleges before implementing the proposal, it said.
Nearly 80 principals from various colleges affiliated to the council attended the programme.
