Retain teachers, not their certificates

Retain teachers, not their certificates

The employers and employees should have mutual respect for each other. However, what happens when an employer jeopardises a teacher’s prospective career?

Recently, there were reports in the mainstream media that a young assistant professor who worked in a private college in Tamil Nadu committed suicide after the college allegedly allegedly refused to return his academic certificates that were retained by the college authorities at the time of his joining the institution. 

The sad news shook the conscience of those in academia who resorted to social media to discuss the legal and ethical aspects of private educational institutions withholding certificates. It is learnt that a few of them even wrote to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) highlighting the problems encountered by employees who struggle to get their certificates back when they need to move to a better job. The impact is that now the AICTE has issued a public notice stating that it is illegal and unethical to withhold employees’ certificates. It has even issued a warning that it would withdraw the approval given to the colleges that flout the rule.

Source | The Hindu | 17^th December 2018