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There has been beardown absorption from lecturers to the student-teacher ratio (STR) utilized by the Department of School Education (Pre-University) to depute lecturers with a debased workload successful authorities pre-university (PU) colleges to different colleges.
The section has identified a full of 4,718 lecturers with debased workload and has fixed a maximum student-teacher ratio of 320:1 for these lecturers.
The Karnataka State PU College Lecturers’ Association has objected to the determination and stated that the section has projected the STR unscientifically. It has argued for the STR to beryllium fixed astatine 40:1 connected the Kendriya Vidyalaya exemplary instead.
The department, which has taken steps to enlistee the required impermanent lecturers for 2026-27 astatine the opening of the year, has taken measures to depute lecturers with little workload to colleges with much workload.
After the deputation is completed, steps person been taken to name subject-wise impermanent lecturers for the posts that stay vacant.
The section has asked each Deputy Directors of Pre-University (DDPUs) to taxable a database of required impermanent lecturers by May 16.
Ningegowda A.H., president of Karnataka State PU College Lecturers’ Association, said: “The STR fixation is unscientific. This was fixed successful 1995 erstwhile the fig of colleges were less. Now, the fig of colleges and students person increased. The STR of 320:1 is simply a maximum. There is nary regularisation for minimum of STR successful the department. No substance however galore students determination are, it is mandatory for 1 lecturer to beryllium appointed for a taxable — imperishable oregon guest.”
“Currently, determination are 1,340 authorities PU colleges successful the State. The full fig of posts sanctioned for authorities pre-university colleges is 12,913, but the fig of lecturers moving is lone 7,644, leaving 5,269 posts vacant. About 50% of these lecturers are moving arsenic in-charge principals. Despite the deficiency of basal facilities and the vacancies of Group C and D, our lecturers person made efforts to grip them and behaviour classes and execute bully results this year. However, Director of Department of School Education (Pre-University) has instructed the DDPUs to depute much than 4,000 lecturers to different assemblage for 3 days a week. Parents won’t beryllium funny to getting their children admitted to authorities colleges,” helium added.
Moreover, the section has constricted the duties of lecturers lone to teaching and has taken steps to depute them by calculating the hours. But PU assemblage lecturers person to grip different tasks, including training, remedy classes, valuation work, visiting students’ home, interaction students done phone, admittance work, introspection enactment and others on with teaching, the relation argued.
Meanwhile, impermanent lecturers are fearing losing jobs. “As the section is deputing lecturers to different college, past it is understood that impermanent lecturers moving successful those colleges volition suffer jobs. The section should instantly retreat the order,” said Rajesh Bhat, caput of authorities authorities PU College Guest lecturers association.
Bharath S., Director of Department of School Education (Pre-University), said, “It is simply a regular section affair. It volition beryllium easier to enlistee the required impermanent module lone erstwhile lecturers with debased workload are deputed to colleges with precocious workload. Deputation is being done this twelvemonth similar past year. In addition, steps person been taken to depute lecturers to adjacent colleges wrong the respective district.”
