As many as 86 lecturers, Readers, Assistant Professors and Associate Professors have been on job in various Government and private colleges in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for over 10 years now, and steps would be taken to transfer them to colleges outside the twin cities soon.
Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahi informed this in the State Assembly in a written reply to a question of BJD MlA Bhagirathi Badajena on Thursday.
According to information furnished by him, 75 of the above number of teachers have been teaching for over 10 years in Government colleges like JKBK College (four), Ravenshaw Junior College (two), RD Women’s Junior College (one), BJB Autonomous College (23), BJP Junior College (four) and Rajdhani College (11). A whopping 29 teachers in the posts of Associate and Assistant posts are teaching in various departments at the Shailabala Women’s College, and six of them are scheduled to retire at different times by June 2018.
Similarly, 11 lecturers and Readers have been teaching in private colleges like Ekamra College, IG Women’s College, Kamala Nehru College and Maharishi College of Natural law in the capital city. These teachers have been transferred to different colleges in the city during the last 10 years.
The Minister said steps would be taken soon to transfer all the above teachers to colleges outside Bhubaneswar and Cuttack soon.