Allahabad:
URDU DEPARTMENT OF ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY INTRODUCED FREE TUTORIALS.
To make up for the shortage of teachers, Urdu department of the Allahabad University has introduced free tutorials from Junior Research Fellows for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The initiative has been taken by the head of Urdu department, Prof Shabnam Hameed. These scholars get a stipend under the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of the University Grants Commission and this teaching experience will prove beneficial to them as well. The JRF scholars, besides guiding the students in making notes on the syllabus, also take extra classes to clear their doubts.
Out of 852 sanctioned posts of teachers, AU presently has 327 teachers for about 25,000 students.Eight teachers will retire by June 30 next year. Thus, more than 500 teaching posts are vacant in the university. In medieval history and ancient history departments, there are only 15 teachers for 3000 students.
AU has also failed to fill 243 teaching posts, sanctioned to it for implementation of the other backward class (OBC) reservation wherein like other central universities, the university was asked to increase the student intake by 54% in three years beginning 2008. For the purpose, the empowered committee of the ministry of human resource development sanctioned 243 teaching posts and told AU to recruit 81 teachers every year from 2008. A sum of Rs 232 crores for three years for upgrading the infrastructure was also sanctioned. Besides, five teaching positions were sanctioned for GB Pant Institute of Social Sciences, Jhunsi.
In this situation, the initiative of the Urdu department can set an example for the other departments too."Though research scholars take classes, most of the time it is on the behalf of the teachers who are absent. But now these scholars would be taking regular classes. They have command over the subject and provide good guidance," said Amir, a student of the Urdu department. The JRFs of the department are friendly and we are more frank with them in asking our doubts again, he added.
"The JRFs are given six classes every week as per the UGC norms. But given the shortage of teachers I requested the seven JRFs of the department to teach the students and now we are getting immense help from them. They are also taking extra classes in undergraduate and postgraduate courses," said Prof Shabnam Hameed. I have told the students that rather then wasting their time, they should attend the free tutorials, she added.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home>City>Allahabad / by Rajiv Mani /TNN / October 12eth, 2011
URDU DEPARTMENT OF ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY INTRODUCED FREE TUTORIALS.
To make up for the shortage of teachers, Urdu department of the Allahabad University has introduced free tutorials from Junior Research Fellows for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The initiative has been taken by the head of Urdu department, Prof Shabnam Hameed. These scholars get a stipend under the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of the University Grants Commission and this teaching experience will prove beneficial to them as well. The JRF scholars, besides guiding the students in making notes on the syllabus, also take extra classes to clear their doubts.
Out of 852 sanctioned posts of teachers, AU presently has 327 teachers for about 25,000 students.Eight teachers will retire by June 30 next year. Thus, more than 500 teaching posts are vacant in the university. In medieval history and ancient history departments, there are only 15 teachers for 3000 students.
AU has also failed to fill 243 teaching posts, sanctioned to it for implementation of the other backward class (OBC) reservation wherein like other central universities, the university was asked to increase the student intake by 54% in three years beginning 2008. For the purpose, the empowered committee of the ministry of human resource development sanctioned 243 teaching posts and told AU to recruit 81 teachers every year from 2008. A sum of Rs 232 crores for three years for upgrading the infrastructure was also sanctioned. Besides, five teaching positions were sanctioned for GB Pant Institute of Social Sciences, Jhunsi.
In this situation, the initiative of the Urdu department can set an example for the other departments too."Though research scholars take classes, most of the time it is on the behalf of the teachers who are absent. But now these scholars would be taking regular classes. They have command over the subject and provide good guidance," said Amir, a student of the Urdu department. The JRFs of the department are friendly and we are more frank with them in asking our doubts again, he added.
"The JRFs are given six classes every week as per the UGC norms. But given the shortage of teachers I requested the seven JRFs of the department to teach the students and now we are getting immense help from them. They are also taking extra classes in undergraduate and postgraduate courses," said Prof Shabnam Hameed. I have told the students that rather then wasting their time, they should attend the free tutorials, she added.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home>City>Allahabad / by Rajiv Mani /TNN / October 12eth, 2011
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