Engineering teachers continue to protest demanding permanent jobs
TEQIP qualified faculty members who are protesting have been teaching since January 2018. TEQIP's third phase is going to end on September 30.
Anu Parthiban | August 30, 2021 | 02:14 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Research scholars from some of the top engineering colleges recruited by the central government under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme ( TEQIP ) have been protesting here in Delhi demanding appointments in their project institutes.
TEQIP qualified faculty members who are protesting have been teaching since January 2018.
In July, the ministry of education wrote to the chief secretaries of focus states requesting plans for continuation of activities that were undertaken during the third phase of TEQIP to maintain the quality of technical education. TEQIP's third phase is going to end on September 30.
The faculty members requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the issue and said "provide us what was promised in the MoU."
6th day of our Request ?.
— MoE TEQIP Faculty (@MoE_TEQIPF) August 30, 2021
We request Hon’ble @PMOIndia Shri @narendramodi ji to kindly resolve our issue.We are researchers from @iiscbangalore ,IITs & NITs.Provide us what was promised in the MoU. @Saurabh_Unmute @saurabhtop @arvindgunasekar @saahilmenghani @yuva_journalist pic.twitter.com/EgZQROTRLq
A research scholar, in a tweet, said, “Transparent recruitement, IISc/IITs/NITs pass outs, exceptional performance as reported by govt agency. Highly trained and qualified. @TeqipF have stood on the pillars. Still no regularization/absorbtion plan.”
The graduates were selected mostly from the Indian Institutes of Technology (NIT) and National Institutes of Technology (NIT) to teach in parts of seven low-income states .
The ministry of education selected these teachers and placed them in public technical colleges under the third phase of TEQIP. They had qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) to be eligible.
Over 1,500 graduates were placed in backward areas including Muzaffarpur and Gaya in Bihar, Lakhanpur in Chhattisgarh, Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and Ajmer in Rajasthan to improve the quality of technical education.
Write to us at news@careers360.com .
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]
College Reopening Live Updates: DU may reopen in phased manner from next week
Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry reopened colleges on September 1. While Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are yet to decide on resuming college. Check latest updates on college reopening here. Check state wise latest updates on college reopening here.
Team Careers360Featured News
]- IIT Delhi will file FIR for every suicide on campus; notifies new protocol
- ‘Patience and not backing down’: Kabir Paharia’s SC fight eases MBBS admissions for disabled candidates
- Two-member teams, 5-minute notice, no gifts: New NAAC rules on college, university assessment
- NEP 2020 can help make education inclusive, innovative, sustainable: DEI Agra professors
- College of Agriculture Pune nixes placement forum following 'meddling' charges
- BTech at RV University: ‘We favour internal assessment over exams, make students industry ready’
- AI Engineering Courses: Will ‘new-age’ programmes help BTech graduates in testing times?
- ‘Nobody cares’: Long hours, supervisors’ control add to PhD scholars’ mental health crisis at top institutes
- At SRM Institute of Science and Technology, we integrate engineering, medicine, management: VC
- Diploma engineers get a second shot at BTech, thanks to AICTE’s revived programme for working professionals