Agra: In a controversial order, the teachers of Women’s College at the Aligarh Muslim University ( AMU ) have been asked to sign a ‘movement register’ if they leave their department during official work time. Surprisingly, the varsity’s main campus doesn’t have any such rule for its teachers.Shafey Kidwai, AMU spokesperson, said, “We don’t have any such rule at the main campus.”The order states that the timing of Women’s College is 8 to 4 pm and all the teachers must be present in the college during these hours.“All teaching staff will have to sign the movement register if they go out for any other work,” reads a notice issued by Women’s College principal Naima Khatoon.‘Movement register’, as the name suggests, will keep a track the movement of the teachers during office hours. They will have to record their exit from their department and have to state the reason for the same.However, the order has not gone down well with the teachers. Calling the order as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘uncalled for’, a staff of the college said, “Like nursery class students we would have to write or seek permission for even going to the toilet.”Prof Tariq Islam from Philosophy department has said no such conditions are laid out in their terms of service. “By doing such things they are trying to change the terms of our employment,” he said.Principal Khatoon has said there was nothing new with the order and their directions were merely a reiteration of existing rules. However, she did not explain as to why this was not enforced earlier.She further said that all teachers should be present in the college as AMU vice-chancellor Tariq Mansoor often takes rounds and doesn’t appreciate if teachers are missing from the department.“What if during a surprise check he asks about a particular teacher. I won’t able to respond unless I know about that person’s whereabouts.”Khatoon said the aim of the register is to keep a track on the teachers once they enter the college.

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