Bill for Reservation in Teachers' Cadre passed in Lok Sabha

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Bill for Reservation in Teachers' Cadre passed in Lok Sabha

The bill will allow filling about 7,000-8,000 existing vacancies in 41 central universities.

Tuesday July 2, 2019 11:36 AM, IANS

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Bill, 2019, which aims to ensure reservation in teaching positions in central institutions for persons from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).

The Bill will also allow filling about 7,000-8,000 existing vacancies in 41 central universities.

"It will ensure full representation of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections in direct recruitment in teachers' cadres", a government release had earlier said.

"It is expected to improve the teaching standards in the higher educational institutions by attracting all eligible, talented candidates belonging to SCs/STs/SEBCs/EWS," it added.

The Bill also provides for considering a university/college as one unit, restoring the earlier reservation system based on 200-point roster. A 'department/subject' will no longer be treated as a unit. It means that a unit for reservation of posts in direct recruitment in teachers' cadre will be the university/educational institutions, and not the department.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cleared the Bill on June 12, replacing the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Ordinance, 2019.

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