DU: Education ministry refuses regularisation of over 4,300 ad hoc teachers

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Education said no to regularisation of services of over 4,200 ad-hoc, temporary professors in the Delhi University in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

Abdul Wahab, a member of the Rajya Sabha had asked the education ministry about details of temporary, ad-hoc teachers in various Delhi University colleges and whether the government is considering regularisation of these temporary professors on a permanent basis through a one-time absorption.

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He further asked the plan of action for regularisation of temporary professors and reasons for not considering regularisation, if so.

Subhas Sarkar, minister of state for education gave the details of the ad-hoc teachers in various colleges of University of Delhi according to which there are 4,267 ad-hoc teachers in the university with the highest being 137 in Ramjas College.

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While denying to regularise ad-hoc teachers, the minister said in his reply that “the appointment of teaching staff in various colleges or institutions are made by the Governing Body of the Colleges on the recommendation of the Selection Committee of the University in consonance with the eligibility criteria laid down in the University Grants Commission (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018.”

“The UGC Regulations, 2018 do not have any provision for regularization of services of temporary or adhoc teachers on permanent basis through one-time absorption,” he said.

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In response, the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) chief A K Bhagi started an online petition seeking President Ram Nath Kovind's intervention for one-time absorption of nearly 4,500 ad-hoc and temporary professors in the institute.

The petition urged President Kovind to direct the Ministry of Education to "consider and meet the legitimate and genuine demand of absorbing the teachers working on ad-hoc/temporary basis observing all constitutional provisions of reservation".