College jobs: PhDs need no longer clear NET/SET

Colleges affiliated to the University of Pune (UoP) will now be able to fill in around 1,000 posts of associate professors (lecturers) lying vacant for a long time.

Colleges affiliated to the University of Pune (UoP) will now be able to fill in around 1,000 posts of associate professors (lecturers) lying vacant for a long time. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has said respective universities will decide whether the PhD degrees of candidates aspiring for the job are at par with the National Eligibility Test (NET)/ State Eligibility Test (SET). So clearing NET/ SET will not be compulsory for taking up the teaching job.

The UGC has come up with the new guideline for M Phil and PhD degrees to ensure strict benchmarking for doctoral research. The UGC had initially decided that it would on its own check whether the PhD holders aspiring for teachers job were competent. It has already initiated the process but as the process is likely to take time,it will allow the respective universities to take a call.

The recruitment procedure of various colleges affiliated to the UoP was on hold as there was no decision on treating PhD degrees of the UoP at par with NET/SET. Those suffering due to the delay are the students. We hope the situation will change, said Gajanan Ekbote,senior member of the UoP senate.

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A letter sent to the vice-chancellors of the central,state and deemed universities by UGC joint secretary K C Pathak said,The filling up of various vacant positions of assistant professor or equivalent positions in various universities,colleges and institutions,the Commission has decided,as an ad-hoc measure,to leave it to the concerned universities,colleges and institutions to decide as to whether the degree of PhD awarded to various candidates is in compliance to the provisions of UGC regulations,so as to exempt them from the requirement of minimum eligibility condition of NET/SET.

However,the UoP has not received the letter. UoP acting Vice-Chancellor Arun Adsool said the PhD of UoP was at par with the NET/SET.

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