Mumbai: Even after four decades of reservation, over 40 per cent of SC/ST lecturer posts are still lying vacant in 19 Central universities. Out of the total number of 4,887 posts sanctioned by the University Grants Commission, there are only 629 SC/ST lecturers belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes. This leaves a backlog of 471 as per the 2007-08 data sourced from the UGC under the Right to Information Act.
The poorest record is of the Banaras Hindu University, where out of 155 SC lecturer posts and 74 ST posts, only 86 and 24 have been filled.
Being a minority institution, the Aligarh Muslim University is exempt from reservation. But there is no SC/ST lecturer in the institution in spite of a listed requirement of 193 faculty members from these groups.
According to the Union government’s rule, the percentage of reservation in Central Universities is 22.5 — 15 for the SCs and 7.5 for the STs.
Extrapolation of the data based on these figures shows that the SC/STs still remain poorly represented in higher education. With 629 SC/ST lecturers, their representation is only 12.8 per cent, way below the 22.5 per cent mark, out of the 4,877 posts sanctioned in the Central universities. The “UGC has failed to ensure effective implementation of the reservation policy in the Central universities and grantee institutions which are deemed-to-be universities,” states the UGC guidelines document.
Readers and professors
As you move up the cadre, from lecturer to Reader and professor, you will see that the number of SC/STs starts dwindling sharply. A majority of the universities have zero SC/ST Readers and professors. Sixteen of the 19 Central Universities have no SC professor and 17 have no ST professor. Part of the reason could be that till recently, reservation was applicable only at the entry level post of lecturer. It did not apply to promotions and for higher posts. The UGC guidelines of 2006 mandated 22.5 per cent reservation for Readers and professors as well. But two years later, the hiatus remains intact.
Not much has changed in the past few years, despite the awareness among authorities of the dismal implementation of quota. “I am not surprised at the figure,” says Prof. R.K. Kale from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, who himself has questioned, in the academic journal University News, the feckless implementation in the Central Universities. “It is a slow process,” he admits, although with a note of assurance that the UGC is taking a keen interest in overseeing strict implementation of the reservation policy.
Data from State universities and colleges affiliated to them opens yet another can of worms. State universities follow State-level quota figures.
UGC figures for 53 State universities show a backlog of around 50 per cent. Quite a few of them do not have SC/ST lecturers, let alone professors and Readers.
While academics admit that posts lying vacant is a cause for concern, none of the authorities, at the Centre or at individual college levels, has any punitive power. Although the UGC claims to have upped the ante, the absence of clear deadlines, complex procedures, bureaucratic apathy and, above all, entrenched casteist attitudes make enough pathways for circumventing the law with impunity.
At present, a number of qualified SC/ST teachers, even from remote towns, are battling with the system against unjust contract-based appointments, abrupt termination orders and unfounded rejections by the interview panel, while denial of opportunities continues. In this scenario, the usual refrain of ‘candidates not available’ or ‘candidates not suitable’ rings hollow.
Source :Hindu
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Friday, August 29, 2008
CAT eludes BMS students again
Students of the third year bachelor of management studies (BMS) are up in arms against the Mumbai University. For the past two years, the varsity has scheduled the fifth semester exams on dates that clash with the CAT.
Students said they were missing out on a chance to apply to good institutes for further studies. “It is known that nearly 70% of TYBMS students attempt the CAT to enter into the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs). The exam is always held on the third Sunday of November. But thanks to the university’s poor planning, BMS students do not have time to prepare for their CAT,” said Parag Chitale, visiting faculty in various colleges.
While CAT is scheduled on November 16, TYBMS students have their fifth semester exams from November 10 to 15. “This hardly gives us time to prepare for the most important entrance exam. Moreover, this is not the first time the university has been conducting exams simultaneously with CAT,” said Anurag Korti, a student of Lala Lajpat Rai College.
Another student said, “Since the university doesn’t give us time to prepare for CAT, we have no option but to waste a year and appear for it after finishing graduation. Several students in my class haven’t even bothered to fill up the CAT forms.”
In 2007, while the CAT was held on November 18, the TYBMS exam ended on November 19. “The university never schedules the TYBCom and CA exams together. Then why are BMS students treated inconsiderately? The ideal time for the exams would be the first week of November,” added Chitale.
When contacted Vilas Shinde, controller, examination department, said, “We were unaware of the CAT exam dates. The students should have notified us and we would have looked into the schedule.”
Cannot take mobiles into exam hall: HC
The Bombay High Court, saying that it is “no minor lapse”, on Thursday directed the Mumbai University and academic institutions to ensure that students do not take mobile phones inside examination halls.
“Parents and students should know that no such device should be allowed in the examination hall and if any student is found with it, he/she may lose an academic year and invite severe punishment,” justices PB Majumdar and Amjad Sayed ruled.
Counsel for the university Rui Rodrigues told the court that all examination authorities inform students that mobile phones are not allowed in examination halls and directions are mentioned on hall tickets and the question and the answer sheets.
The judges insisted that “No mobile phones please” should be displayed outside examination halls in bold and parents should make sure that their children do not go to examination halls with their mobile phones. The judges, however, said such cases of cheating were unheard of about 10-15 years back.
DNA was first to report the case of Karuna (name changed), 19, a first year Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) student at SK Somaiya College, Vidyavihar, who had first moved court in June after she was debarred by her college for carrying a cell phone into the examination hall. Karuna, who was taking her second year examinations in March, took her ATKT paper after that. In her application, Karuna had said in her anxiety before her paper, she forgot to leave her cell phone, which was in the pocket of her jeans, before entering the examination hall. The Unfair Means Enquiry Committee (Umec) had declared her attempt to the paper as null and void. She had contended that the committee did not give her a hearing and the court passed an order in her favour on June 11 asking the Umec to hear her and take a decision.
Umec’s decision did not change. Karuna’s counsel Joaquim Reis said she gave the phone to the supervisor 10 minutes after the paper commenced, realising her mistake.
Advocate for the college KK Jadhav said the phone was confiscated by the supervisor and not surrendered by her.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
IIFT 2008 Entrance Exam
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
School of International Business, Delhi
Admission Notification 2009-2011 for MBA - International Business
IIFT MBA Entrance Exam Important Dates
Important Dates
# Last Date for Sale of Prospectus by post : 20th August 2008
# Last date for Sale of Prospectus across the counter at IIFT : 3rd September 2008
# Last Date for Receipt of completed Applications : 3rd September 2008
# IIFT 2008 Written Test : 23rd November 2008 (10 a.m - 12 noon)
Eligibility
1. Recognized Bachelor’s degree of minimum 3 years’ duration in any discipline.
2. Candidates appearing for a qualifying examination can also apply subject to submission of proof of requisite qualification by October 7, 2009.
3. No age limit
2.IIFT Written Test on Sunday, November 25, 2007 between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar , Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore,Delhi, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Visakhapatnam.
3 Based on marks for written test, candidates will be called for Group Discussion and Interview to be held during January/February at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai.
For Foreign/NRI/Children of NRI category:
1. On the basis of General Management Aptitude Test (GMAT).
2. GMAT result should not have been declared before January 1, 2006 and should be received by the Institute latest by March 31, 2008.
Application process
Mode of Admission
For General/SC/ST/PH/OBC category :
1. On the basis of Written Test, Group Discussion and Interview
2. Written Test on Sunday, November 23, 2008 between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon at Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar , Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore,Delhi, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Visakhapatnam.
3. Based on marks for written test, candidates will be called for Group Discussion and Interview to be held during January/February at Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai.
For Foreign/NRI/Children of NRI :
1. On the basis of General Management Aptitude Test (GMAT).
2. GMAT result should not have been declared before January 1, 2007 and should be received by the Institute latest by March 31st, 2009.
Pattern of Admission Test
* The admission test is a multiple choice objective type written test (in English).
* Duration of the test is two hours and will cover English Comprehension, General Knowledge & Awareness, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative
Analysis.
Admit Cards
The Admit Cards will be sent BY POST to all the students, who submit filled-in Application Forms complete in all respects (online or offline), in the first week of November 2008. Applicants, who do not receive their Admit Cards by 14th November 2008 can download the Admit Card from IIFT's website. With a printout of the Admit Card, the candidates should reach the venue of the Exam Centre on 23 November 2008 latest by 9.00 a.m. with one of the proofs of identity such as:
* Passport
* Election I-Card
* College I-Card
* Driving I-Card
for appearing in the Exam.
In case of any problem, the candidates can contact Shri Gaurav Gulati, Programmes Officer. They must indicate their Application No. in their communications to IIFT. (Tel. Nos. 26857908 (Direct), 26966563, 26965124, 26965051). E-mail: admissions@iift.ac.in OR gaurav@iift.ac.in
