T.N. government actively pursuing V-C appointment issue in courts, Higher Education Minister tells Assembly
Presenting the Demand for Grants for his department, he announces that the government will implement a Career Advancement Scheme for teachers of government-aided arts and science colleges, government and government-aided engineering colleges, and polytechnic colleges from September 1
The Tamil Nadu government is actively pursuing a solution to the impasse over the appointment of Vice-Chancellors to state-run universities, as Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan informed the Assembly. The issue has been caught up in litigation at the Madras High Court, and the government is taking all necessary legal and administrative steps to resolve it.
Currently, 12 out of 13 universities in the state, excluding Mother Teresa Women’s University, have been without Vice-Chancellors for several years. Additionally, the government announced a Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for teachers in various institutions, plans to fill 6,000+ vacancies through the Teachers’ Recruitment Board in three phases, and raised the honorarium for guest lecturers.
The government also plans to set up the Periyar Institute of Emerging Technologies and enact a separate law for a School of Excellence in basic sciences.
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