SURRENDERING MPhil GREATER KASHMIR This refers to the news item published in GK 01 June, 2013 wherein some M. Phil degree holders have threatened to surrender their degree if the minimum eligibility for appointment in Higher Education Department is not changed to M. Phil. As per the UGC Act, 1956, UGC is empowered to define the qualifications required of any person to be appointed to the teaching staff of the University/Colleges and other Institutions affiliated to it. Now as per UGC Minimum Qualification required for the appointment of Lecturer/Assistant Professor in universities and institutions affiliated to it, vide its 3rd Amendment Regulation 2009 notified in the Gazette of India on 11th July, 2009, and the subsequent UGC Regulations namely UGC Minimum Qualification for appointment of teachers and other Academic staff in universities and colleges and other measure for the maintenance of the standards in Higher Education Regulation 2010, notified in the Gazette of India on 18.9.2010, NET/SET or Ph.D. Degree (in compliance of the University Grants Commission Minimum Standards and Procedure for award of Ph.D. Degree) shall be the minimum qualification required for appointment as Lecturer/Assistant Professor. However, NET/SET shall not be required for such Masters Degree Programs in disciplines for which NET/SET accredited test in not conducted. As per such regulations, no M. Phil degree awarder before June 2009 or afterwards should be entertained as eligibility for posts advertised by JKPSC’s notification No. 09-PSC(PR-D) of PSC Dated 23/05/2013. Nadeem Jahangir Bhat Pulwama
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:56:15 +0000
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