Sel teachers’ concurrent degrees to be examined

JAMMU: Four months after mooting a proposal for laying down a mechanism to deal with degrees with overlapping period, the government on Thursday set up two official panels—one each for Kashmir and Jammu region, which will submit its suggestion within one month to provide a solution to the issue.
“These panels would examine the issue of selectees for the post of teacher, who have acquired degrees concurrently and furnish its recommendations as to whether the statutes of University permit the same,” an official said.
The panels headed by Secretary to Government Higher Education Department have been asked to submit recommendations within a month.
The members of the committee for Kashmir include Registrar and Controller Examinations Kashmir University besides member of service selection board to be nominated by the chairman J&K SSB. For Jammu, the member shall comprise Registrar and Controller Examinations Jammu University and member of service selection board to be nominated by the chairman J&K SSB.
The Committees may also co-opt any officer/expert in its deliberations and would submit its recommendations within a period of one month. The Committees will be serviced by the J&K Services Selection Board,” reads an order issued here by the government.
In the month of February, JKSSB has approved selections for 2154 posts of Teachers for 14 districts of Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Shopian, Srinagar, Samba, Udhampur, Reasi and Rajouri. The Board also accorded approval to the inclusion of more than a thousand candidates in wait lists against these selections.
The board also said that these selections were confronted with many issues, which included massive litigations, unmentioned degrees in online application forms, seeking of change of categories mentioned in the online application forms, degrees with overlapping periods of studies, preferences sought from the candidates, besides huge number of claims and counter claims made by the candidates.
“The Board sorted out these issues in consultation with the General Administration Department and the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and disposed of 387 representations/claims of the candidates accordingly and cleared the selections accordingly,” the board said.
The board further said that a substantial number of candidates figuring in selections/waitlist zones were having degrees with overlapping periods of study. The Board decided that in respect of candidates with overlapping periods of studies, recommendations will be subject to further detailed scrutiny, for which a mechanism shall be laid down, separately.
“Based on that scrutiny, the release or further action on these recommendations shall be taken,” the board said.

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