18 hours ago
1
Minister for Higher Education Roji M. John connected Saturday said that the United Democratic Front (UDF) authorities volition defy immoderate effort by the Governor to infuse his governmental interests successful universities successful his capableness arsenic the Chancellor of the varsities.
Addressing media astatine Ernakulam Press Club here, the Minister, however, reiterated that the authorities would effort not to escalate issues into a collision betwixt the authorities and the Governor arsenic it would beryllium detrimental to the higher acquisition sector.
He was responding to questions connected the caller assignment of Mavoothu. D., reportedly an RSS-BJP supporter, arsenic Vice-Chancellor in-charge of Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) and a radical of alleged Sangh Parivar supporters to the Senate of the varsity by Governor Rajendra Arlekar.
On the enactment of Dr. Mavooth, the Minister said the assignment took spot wrong days of the UDF assuming powerfulness and the Governor neither asked names of imaginable candidates nor did the authorities get the clip to suggest any. “As per the statute, the Chancellor has the close to name a V-C-in complaint erstwhile a V-C retires. He utilized that powerfulness successful MGU,” Mr. John said.
“If the Governor attempts to sneak successful his governmental interests utilizing statutory powers, we volition defy it successful each imaginable manners. We are wide astir our ideological stands. We volition not h2o it down,” helium said.
He said the authorities stance is to smoothly tally the higher acquisition assemblage without compromising connected its ideological positions.
Low turnout
On the contented of the little request for accepted world programmes that impact student-teacher ratio successful colleges, the Minister said the authorities volition code the contented and research options including redeployment of teachers to colleges with higher turnout of students. “Or determination has to beryllium newer programmes that suit changing demands. We volition sermon the substance with stakeholders including teachers’ forums,” helium said.
The Minister criticised the CBSE and the Union authorities for the uncertainty implicit Plus Two results which has near galore students and parents anxious. “The contention has caused a situation successful higher acquisition sector. Though the State authorities has finished the Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) entranceway introspection procedures successful a time-bound manner, since the work of fertile database is connected to CBSE results, galore parents are anxious. The State authorities is prepared to allay the fears and spell ahead. The Centre and the CBSE should person avoided the uncertainty,” helium said.
SFI questions Minister
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI), meanwhile, took beardown objection to the Minister’s remarks connected the caller appointments to MGU. SFI State caput is P.S. Sanjeev said the Minister’s connection that helium was unaware of the assignment of Dr. Mavooth exposed his incompetency.
“As the Minister of Higher Educations, helium is the Pro- Chancellor of the university. If the V-C and the Senate members were appointed without his knowledge, past it shows helium is not acceptable for the post,” Mr. Sanjeev told media successful Kochi connected Saturday.
