Punjabi University, GNDU to select 1158 teaching faculty for government colleges
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
To fulfill the long standing demand for recruitment of staff in Government Colleges of the state, the Higher Education Department has decided to make recruitments to 1158 posts in theses colleges. The recruitment would be done by Punjabi University, Patiala and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar by forming selection committees which have been directed to be completed within 45 days.
It was disclosed by the Higher Education and Languages Minister Pargat Singh at Panjab University Chandigarh , to end the ongoing hunger strike of the University and Colleges Association over the demands of college-university cadre.
Pargat Singh said that recruitment process of 1091 posts of Teaching Cadre and 67 posts of Librarian in Government Colleges would be completed within 45 days. He said that this recruitment was done on UGC guidelines. This recruitment will be done only on the basis of written test in which no interview marks will be kept. A selection committee will be formed under the chairmanship of the concerned Vice Chancellors. In order to mitigate hardship being faced by the Part time/Guest Faculty/contractual teachers working in the Government run colleges, it has been decided to relax upper age limit for these candidates and gave weightage of one mark per year subject to maximum five marks in respect of experience gained by them.
The Minister also said that higher education would be given special priority for betterment of the youth of the state. He further said that for the prosperity of the state, additional reforms are required in the field of higher education for which a committee of experts and educators would be formed to transform this sector.
Punjabi University, GNDU to select 1158 teaching faculty for government colleges. The subject wise detail:-
October 20,2021
