MG University Senate for creation of new posts

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MG University Senate for creation of new posts

KOTTAYAM: The Mahatma Gandhi University Senate which met here on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the authorities for creation of new posts and filling of vacancies in view of the additional workload consequent on the implementation of choice-based credit and semester system at the under-graduate level.

The Senate expressed serious concern over the existing ban on appointments since 1997 when the pre-degree programme was delinked from the university system. Moving the motion, demanding filling of the vacancies on a war footing, K. Sherafuddeen, representative of the university employees in the Senate, said the university had only 105 affiliated colleges when pre-degree was delinked in 1997.

During the past 12 years, the university has added another 133 colleges, 76 off-campus centres, and 25 university owned self-financing professional institutions. However, no new appointments have been made. Introduction of credit and semester system 2001 had only aggravated the situation, he said. E.S. Bijimol, MLA, supported the resolution.
Exam reforms

The meeting recommended to the syndicate to initiate immediate steps to introduce bar coding system for conduct of the examinations of the newly introduced choice-based credit and semester system in the undergraduate programmes.

The motion demanding enhancement of Travel allowance and Dearness Allowance to the Senate members was adopted unanimously. The Vice Chancellor Rajan Gurukkal presided.