As colleges resume, lecturers race to finish syllabus As colleges resume, lecturers race to finish syllabus BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Jan 25, 2021, 10:56 IST With colleges resuming in a full-fledged manner, there is confusion among faculty members about how to complete the syllabus as the government has permitted to hire only half of the guest faculty this time. As per the latest order issued by the Collegiate Education Department, colleges are permitted to retain only 50 per cent of the guest faculty till March 2021. Till the previous academic year, around 14,480 guest faculty were working in the state. However, as per the latest order, only 50 per cent of such faculty can be considered based on seniority. Of the 425 government colleges in the state, 7,093 can be appointed as of now which would render half of the guest faculty without jobs.