New Delhi: In a prominent move, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is now considering doing away with the mandatory PhD requirement to teach in Central Universities of India.
This move will allow non-PhD holding experts to teach in the Central Universities. If this provision comes into implementation, it will scrap the age-old ‘mandatory PhD requirement’. Candidates must note that these plans are only in their budding stages and the UGC has not yet finalised anything.
It must be noted that the government is planning to implement this decision under National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to have more industry experts as teachers in Central universities.
In a meeting with UGC Chairperson, M Jagadesh Kumar, on March 10, 2022, Vice Chancellors of the Central universities decided to set up a committee for work on the amendments in regulations for appointment of teachers. The meeting was organised to discuss the progress in the Implementation of NEP and other things.
“There are many experts who want to teach. There could be many candidates who have implemented a large number of projects and hold a lot of on-the-field experience, or a great dancer or musician. But we can’t appoint them under the present rules,” said M Jagadesh Kumar.
These positions can be permanent or temporary, depending on the requirements of the experts and institutions. Experts who have superannuated at 60 years of age can also join as full or part-time faculty to work till the age of 65, Kumar added.
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As per the reports, the commission is creating special positions as Professor of Practice and Associate Professor of Practice, which will allow industry experts without PhD, to walk in to teach.
The officials have revealed to the media that the idea behind these positions is to rope in industry experts and professionals to allow people with ground experience to share their knowledge with students.
According to the Education Ministry, about 10,000 teaching positions are vacant in Centrally funded institutions as of December 2021. Around 13,782 non-teaching posts are vacant in central universities. A total of 4182 vacancies are vacancies in IITs and 543 in IIMs, the report reveals.
The commission is also planning to launch a centralised portal which can help to track, streamline and ensure the appointment of teachers without any sort of delay.
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