In order to apply for posts of lecturer in
universities, colleges or other institutions, the University Grants Commission
(UGC) has made it mandatory for candidates without PhD (pre-2009) to have
passed the National Eligibility Test (NET)/State-Level Eligibility Test (SLET).
Candidates who have been doing PhD since 2009 with
course work - would no longer have to clear NET/SLET before applying for the
posts. A copy of the UGC notification was sent to the Panjab University
vice-chancellor by the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA).
In 2011, PU had taken up this matter in the senate,
where it was decided that any candidate having a PhD, whether according to UGC
regulations of 2009 or otherwise, shall be eligible for appointment as
lecturers in the university and its affiliated colleges. NET/SLET was then not
mandatory for university recruitment.
However, the new notification has again put a
question mark on the way the university would fill vacant posts of lecturers.
According to PUTA, the UGC's decision needs to be advertised to avoid legal
complications at a later stage regarding university recruitments, reported Hindustan Times.
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