Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Guest Faculty System in Higher Education Department.

Higher education system is always considered as an important part of the entire education of someone's life. Soon after someone get qualified from college; he is considered a bit ahead of the society. Many students are also successfully completes their Graduation and Post Graduation in different streams.

In Odisha, there are many Government,  Non- Government, Grant in aid and autonomous colleges are imparting quality education. the most astonishing fact is the students are also doing well in examination and as well as in their post college life. Many of the students have successfully established in different private and public sectors. some are even had cracked the Civil Services and other examinations of National Importance.

The plight is availability of Teaching faculty. The Government of Odisha is remain silence for more than a decade. It never appointed the Lecturers. Further the condition worsen when some colleges enjoyed autonomy in expansion in departments and increasing the number of students. To impart good education to the full strength the Colleges decided to appoint the Guest Faculties to manage the classes. They are permitted to take 40 classes in maximum and against that they could be remunerated by 20,000 Rupees. the provision has changed and according to the new policy the Guest Faculties are allowed to take 50 Classes and they shall get Rupees 25,000/- in Maximum per month. but the ground reality was different. The Guest Faculties are energetic and Young talented people. They are in preparation of several competitive exams. taking this opportunity the H.O.D.'s of several department enjoyed enormous privileges.  Now they usually came to college by 12.30 and left college by 2.00 PM, but the Guest Faculty was informed to open the classroom by 11:00 AM and Close by 4:00 PM and adjust all the classes. This condition changed in 2019 with the introduction of Biomatric reader. the HODs become alert and reported by 10:00 AM and remain present till 5:00 PM. This system made the cheater teaching Community fix at their offices but this could not exercise any force to take classes. The guest faculties are still taking maximum classes but only allowed to register the directed numbers of classes. The HOD is the signing authority so no Guest Faculties can raise their voices and show more classes.
Guest faculties are working tirelessly. each day they are reading many books prepare notes and take classes. They are having a fear that if they proved inefficient then they might be disengaged. That is the only cause for why the students are doing well in examination and again the teachers are taking their credit. But the Guest faculties are living in very poor condition. neither the teachers, nor the government or the policy makers are thinking about them. 

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