The country´s oldest university has decided to crackdown on its lecturers serving at private colleges and flouting the law. [break]"Although we had taken this decision in the past with little or no effect, we are going to implement it strictly this time around," Prof Dr Madhav Sharma, Vice Chancellor, TU, told Republica.
According to Sharma, the TU´s erstwhile decision to not allow its permanent lecturers to work at private colleges and schools could not be effective due to the dearth of a strong mechanism. "However, this time around, the mechanism will help us implement our decision," he said.
The country´s largest public university has also constituted a committee led by its rector Dr Surya Lal Amatya. The seven-member-committee will recommend VC to take actions against those varsity teachers who are found to be flouting their duty.
Those wayward professors, who are found to be working elsewhere, may loose their chances of promotion and grading. Currently, over 7,000 lecturers of various designations are working in TU´s 60 constituent campuses. It is learnt that a majority of them work at private colleges to make extra money.
As per TU Act-1992, none of its permanent lecturers is allowed to work in private colleges during their duty period. Even as they want to work off duty-time, they have to get prior permissions from their respective colleges. However, most of the TU´s permanent professors have ignored this provision.
The TU is preparing to send a circulation to all of its constituent campuses, asking them to inform if any of their permanent teachers skip regular classes to work at some other colleges. "The Implementation of this decision is very important if we want to improve our education quality," VC sharma added.
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