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The Hindu
04-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Plea to continue services of temporary faculty in public universities of Andhra Pradesh
Members of the Andhra Pradesh unit of Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) have requested the A.P. State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) to continue and retain the services of Academic Consultants, Ad-hoc and guest faculty currently working in the State Universities. In a representation made to the Chairman of APSCHE K. Madhu Murthy, the Mahasangh's State president Y.V. Rami Reddy and general secretary D.S.V.S. Balasubramanyam, they drew his attention that these temporary faculty members were appointed through duly constituted expert committees after fulfilling the required eligibility criteria. Many of them had been serving in their respective departments for several years, often with minimum remuneration, they said. The Mahasangh leaders said moreover, due to shortage of regular teaching staff, several departments across the public universities were entirely dependent on the temporary faculty and discontinuing their services at this stage would severely disrupt the teaching-learning process and adversely affect the academic progress of students. Citing G.O. Ms. No. 20, issued on August 20, 2016, they said the State government had already acknowledged the services of such temporary faculty and had ensured weightage for them in regular recruitment processes. Reiterating their demand to continue their services, they also urged the authorities to implement G.O. Ms. No. 110 to ensure uniform and reasonable remuneration for all temporary faculty members working in the State Universities and steps to expedite the recruitment process to fill approximately 5,000 vacant teaching positions in the State Universities.
The Hindu
01-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Andhra Pradesh government urged to resolve pending issues of faculty in institutions of higher education
Members of Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) Andhra Pradesh unit have urged the Department of Higher Education authorities to resolve the long-pending issues of the faculty working in public universities and other institutions of higher education. In a letter addressed to the Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Kona Sasidhar, on Sunday (June 1), the Mahasangh's State president Y.V. Rami Reddy and State general secretary D.S.V.S. Balasubramanyam urged Mr. Sasidhar to fill the 5,000 vacant posts in the universities, degree colleges and other institutions of higher education across the State, to abolish the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and restore the Old Pension Scheme, to release the four pending DA arrears to the employees and to release the retirement benefits and other arrears to the retired employees. They also insisted for immediate appointment of the State Pay Revision Commission (PRC) and fixing of the Interim Relief, to restore the earlier timings of junior colleges from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., implementation of GO No. 110 in all State universities and higher educational institutions and implementation of transfers in the government degree colleges. Pointing out that though the government employees made monthly payments towards health insurance, they were denied the cashless claims facility by the hospitals, the Mahasangh leaders said the department should look into it and do the needful. They said the government had paid only 10% of the employees' dues and urged the authorities to push the redesignation file of the degree college faculty pending at the Secretariat. They also urged the government to appoint full-time Vice-Chancellors to the universities which did not have a regular V-C.
