Modification in promotion rules for engineering teachers
AICTE modifies CAS for Engineering teachers who can now attend multiple training sessions as per their convenience
One of the pre-requisites for the
promotion of Engineering teachers requires them to attend a three-week long training
session. However, after recieving several complaints from teachers about their
inability to attend these sessions in the midst of taking regular classes,
AICTE has decided to bring changes in the mandatory training programmes
required for the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS).
Packed schedules of the teachers
restricted them from attending the training programmes that were stretched upto
three weeks, which in turn limited their assessment scores for promotion. After
the recent amendment, they can participate in multiple training sessions
lasting only for a week. “Earlier, the teachers were bound to attend 2-3 weeks
of a mandatory training programme to upgrade their knowledge from a particular
institute. Now, the AICTE will count multiple oneweek duration courses
conducted by government institutes, as equivalent to a two-week duration
course,” AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe told Education Times.
In 2012, AICTE released a notification for career advancement of teachers and
other academic staff in technical colleges under sixth Central Pay Commission
(CPC) that mandated minimum academic performance and training programmes of a
2-3 week for promotion to a higher grade at any government organisation such as
UGC, IISc, NRC, ARPIT, etc. along with other institutes of national importance.
“Nowadays, the organising
institutes, as well as the teachers, do not have adequate time to attend long
training sessions. Hence, this will also help the institutes that conduct the
courses,” said Sahasrabudhe.
AICTE is also planning to introduce
360-degree evaluation process for the teachers at engineering and other
technical institutes with compulsory three-week industry internship.
“Under the new plan, student’s
feedback, the response from the colleagues and the department head will be
included in the teachers’ assessment. The teachers will also have to undergo a
three-week mandatory industrial internship in order to get promoted,” said
Sahasrabudhe.
Source
| Times of India | 1st April 2019
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