Press Release, 7.11.2012

(on withdrawal of APS system and UGC-NET eligibility criterion for applicants who are Ph.D)

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) welcomes the decision of the UGC Revisit Committee, set up to review its current Regulations, to scrap the Points-based Appraisal System (PBAS) for Teachers in Colleges and Universities, as well as to remove UGC-NET as an eligibility criterion for applicants who have been awarded doctorate degrees. The DUTA had submitted a detailed feedback on the Regulations, wherein it had also listed all the anomalies and oversights contained in the Sixth Pay-Revision. Keeping the uniqueness of the teaching profession in mind, the DUTA had criticized the PBAS as it mechanically quantifies a teacher’s contribution to teaching, research and participation in administrative work and reduces it to merely a race for ‘points.’ DUTA delegations have met the UGC Acting-Chairperson on several occasions and have even interacted with the UGC Revisit Committee to communicate the teachers’ concerns and point of view on the UGC Regulations and anomalies. Hence, the DUTA also congratulates the teachers that their position on both PBAS and Ph. D has been vindicated. The DUTA appeals to the UGC to expeditiously resolve all the remaining pay and service-related anomalies so that teachers are motivated to give their best to the profession.

S.D. Siddiqui, Secretary                                                   Amar Deo Sharma, President