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Topic: university teachers

IIT Kharagpur replaces 3 dept heads amid tussle with teachers’ body, protests to hit the streets now

The dept heads were among 86 faculty members issued show-cause notices on 29 November for signing petition demanding withdrawal of disciplinary action against teachers' association members.

UP tops list of states with most faculty vacancies in centrally-run institutes

Haryana has the most number of vacant teaching and non-teaching positions in its state universities, according to data provided by MoS for Education Subhas Sarkar.

‘Diluted’ degrees, learning loss, worse job prospects — why DU teachers’ body is against FYUP

In a letter to UGC, Democratic Teachers’ Front, an organisation of DU educators, argues that Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) could set both students and teachers back.

Ex-servicemen, retired teachers to be roped in to teach at universities on voluntary basis

HRD ministry plans to introduce National Tutors Programme that will see retired persons teach students at higher education institutions in vicinity.

Cabinet approves ordinance to junk controversial quota rule for university faculty hiring

Ordinance will take faculty recruitment to an older formula, by which quotas for SC/STs & OBCs were calculated on basis of institution's staff strength, not individual department's.

SC okays dept-wise faculty quota: Harms university reservation or even spread of jobs?

The Supreme Court dismissed two petitions challenging an Allahabad High Court order that favoured department-wise reservations for faculty posts in universities as opposed to...

Pay hike for teachers is great, but India’s universities need much more

The pay commission recommendations bring some relief in the face of adversarial perceptions about the government by the academia at large.

A broken teacher recruitment system negates Centre’s salary package to universities

Even the most attractive salary package offered by public universities loses lustre when confronted by a completely broken teacher recruitment system.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.