ABRSM seeks relaxation in faculty recruitment norms
The ABRSM has requested the Andhra Pradesh government to relax faculty recruitment norms for temporary teaching staff. The association argues that many qualified candidates struggle to provide formal salary slips or tax returns due to the nature of their previous appointments.
Why it matters
Addresses administrative barriers in the higher education sector that impact the employment of temporary academic staff.
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) has welcomed the State government’s decision to initiate the long-pending recruitment of faculty in State universities, IIITs and other higher education institutions.
In a representation submitted to Education Minister Nara Lokesh, Principal Secretary (Higher Education) Kona Sasidhar, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) Chairman K. Madhumurthy and Commissioner of Higher Education Narayana Bharath Gupta, the association urged the government to relax the eligibility criteria for temporary teaching staff applying for Associate Professor posts.
The ABRSM requested that Academic Consultants, Guest Faculty, Teaching Assistants and other faculty members serving in State universities, engineering colleges, degree colleges and other higher education institutions on consolidated or nominal remuneration be allowed to establish their teaching experience through service certificates, appointment orders, experience certificates or other authentic institutional records, instead of mandatorily producing salary slips and Income Tax Returns (ITRs).
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