Centre s Moves to Alter Status Quo Worry IITs and IIMs
While IITs have expressed an inability to introduce BTech courses in Indian languages immediately, the education ministry has moved to erode the autonomy of IIMs.
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New Delhi: Moves by the Centre to alter status quo at the IITs and IIMs have caused consternation among stakeholders of the premier institutions, according to reports.
At the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), teachers and officials are “worried” about the decision to introduce BTech programmes in Indian languages from the next academic year.
Teacher vacancies at IITs and reservation
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What has the committee set up by the Education Ministry to look at implementing reservation suggested?
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What has the committee set up by the Education Ministry to look at implementing reservation suggested?
The story so far: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have a large number of faculty vacancies, as the student intake capacity was raised by over 50% during 2008-10 after reservation for Other Backward Classes students was introduced, and more IITs were opened during 2008-17. Currently, there are 23 IITs, and reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) has been added. Since the ratio of students to teachers has come under strain, and the high bar for entry of teachers, starting with a doctoral degree,
‘Reject recommendation to scrap quota in IIT faculty recruitment’
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Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan demands White Paper on reservation policies
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Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan demands White Paper on reservation policies
Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan, of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has written to Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to reject the recommendation made by a committee to scrap reservation in faculty recruitment for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
In his letter, he demanded that the Ministry bring out a White Paper on the implementation of the reservation policies at the IITs.
It was Mr. Venkatesan’s question earlier this year to the Ministry that brought to light that such a committee had been constituted.
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) should be exempt from reservations in faculty positions as these are “institutes of national importance and involved in research” and the power of appointment should be vested with their Board of Governors, an eight -member panel, set up by the ministry of education, said in its report.
The panel said rather than specific quotas, diversity issues should be addressed through outreach campaigns and targeted recruitment of faculty in IITs. There are 23 IITs.
The report, submitted in June and accessed by TOI, said, “Being established and recognised as institutions of national importance under an Act of Parliament, IITs ought to be listed under (Clause 4) of the CEI (Reservation in Teacher’s Cadre) Act 2019, for exemption from reservations. This must be reconsidered for inclusion of IITs in the Schedule taking into account the nature of these institutions, duties and their activities. The matter of reservations in these ins
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IITs should be exempted from reservations in faculty appointments and rather than specific quotas, diversity issues should be addressed through outreach campaigns and targeted recruitment of faculty- MoE. Exempt IITs from reservation in faculty recruitment: Expert | Photo Credit: Representative Image
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) should be exempted from reservations in faculty appointments and rather than specific quotas, diversity issues should be addressed through outreach campaigns and targeted recruitment of faculty, a Ministry of Education (MoE) panel has recommended.
The eight-member committee comprising IIT directors was asked to suggest measures on effective implementation of reservation policies not only in recruitment, but also for admissions.