UoMaffiliated postgraduate centres in rural areas have only guest faculty

Mysore | Tuesday | 18th September, 2018

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All classes are held by guest faculty Sources in DCE told TOI that all faculty are hired on contract for a meagre amount. Heads of institutions must take care of this problem.”According to DCE sources, an immediate solution is to transfer additional faculty from city colleges. R Rajanna, registrar, UoM , said this problem exists in many post-graduate centres in government first grade colleges. The varsity launched MSc (Chemistry) here, but both first-year and second-year classes are conducted without any permanent faculty. Most of the faculty are not ready to work in rural areas," said an official who declined to be named.TOI tried repeatedly to contact minister Mahesh for his comments, but in vain.