DTF alleges widespread use of NFS, NCS tags in school recruitment, denial of promotion of SC, ST lecturers, lack of reservation in posts.
NEW DELHI: Elevating issues over school recruitment earlier than a Parliamentary Committee, Delhi College lecturers on Friday alleged systematic marginalisation of the SC/ST communities. The Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, consisting of about 20 MPs from each the Homes, visited the DU and held detailed discussions with almost 80 people, together with lecturers, college students, and non-teaching employees belonging to the SC/ST class.
In line with the Democratic Academics’ Entrance, one of many main points raised was the widespread use of the “Not Discovered Appropriate” (NFS) and “No Candidate Shortlisted” (NCS) tags in faculty recruitment, notably on the Affiliate Professor and Professor ranges. “Even when eligible candidates had been accessible and had been shortlisted, many had been declared ‘not appropriate,’ which exhibits deliberate exclusion,” mentioned Mithuraj Dhusia, Govt Council member and DTF Joint Secretary. He cited examples from departments like Hindi the place NFS was used in opposition to reserved posts for OBCs and others. There was no instant response accessible from the college.
The lecturers submitted a memorandum demanding a evaluate of the recruitment course of and corrective steps. The memorandum additionally highlighted that round 70 per cent of SC/ST lecturers had been being denied promotion or choice below the NFS label, additional deepening marginalisation. Issues over the implementation of the 200-point reservation roster had been additionally flagged. A 2013 Govt Council Decision led to important anomalies, together with denial of backlog vacancies and department-wise, fairly than college-wise, identification of shortfalls. This has allowed manipulation of roster factors by arbitrary adjustments in sanctioned posts, the memorandum famous.
Additional, the problem of lack of reservation in single-cadre posts, resembling principals, was highlighted. Regardless of eligible SC/ST candidates being accessible, such appointments have been systematically denied, reinforcing a skewed notion of “benefit”. Many principals had been additionally reappointed for second and third phrases, limiting new alternatives and illustration, it added. The lecturers additionally known as consideration to the rising development of contractualisation of instructing and non-teaching posts, particularly in models just like the Non-Collegiate Girls’s Schooling Board (NCWEB) and College of Open Studying (SOL). Visitor and contractual appointments are sometimes made with out following reservation rosters, and outsourced Class D jobs bypass reservation fully, severely affecting probably the most marginalised, it said.
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DU Academics’ Affiliation Secretary Anil Kumar mentioned backlog recruitments have stagnated, disturbing the roster and leading to discrimination in opposition to SC/ST candidates. He additionally demanded that liaison officers monitoring SC/ST affairs be made unbiased, as many at the moment function below the affect of school principals. Tutorial Council member Prof. Neelam knowledgeable the committee about previous incidents of harassment in opposition to SC/ST lecturers and known as for reopening of the college’s now-defunct SC/ST workplace. She additionally urged all schools to commemorate the beginning anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
