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Jadavpur University pays teachers Rs 50,000 for procuring hardware as teaching aid
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Bengal government vetoes Jadavpur University screening proposal
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Jadavpur University s science faculty wants mechanism to sieve candidates seeking admission in undergraduate courses
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Teachers of Jadavpur University have written to education minister Bratya Basu that his department’s instruction that undergraduate students be admitted solely on the basis of marks “goes directly against the autonomy of universities”.
The teachers said in an email to the minister on Tuesday that in a year when plus-II students could not write their school-leaving exams because of the Covid pandemic, assessment through an admission test “is vital for determining whether or not a candidate ought to take up a particular field of study at the higher levels”.
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The education department had on July 14 told colleges and universities that they were to draw up the merit list of undergraduate aspirants solely on the basis of plus-II marks.
The higher education department on Wednesday extended the tenure of Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Suranjan Das by two years or till he turns 70, whichever is earlier.
The first extension of Das’s tenure issued on June 23, 2019, after the Assembly passed a Bill to raise the retirement age of VCs from 65 to 70 was till Wednesday.
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The retirement age of VCs was increased so that institutes can retain experienced academics, an official in the education department said.
“The university secured outstanding ranking in the National Institutional Ranking Framework during Das’s tenure. He organised a fundraiser during the pandemic to help students hit by the digital divide. We want to retain an academic like him,” the official said.