The Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Educationon Tuesday recommended to the State Government to take necessary steps to introduce and pass a State Higher Education Council Bill in the Assembly for constitution of a State Higher Education Council.
Besides, it suggested to the Government not to disengage Ad-Hoc lecturers till selected candidates from the OPSC are posted.
The committee headed by Congress MlA Taraprasad Bahinipati has suggested completed banning of deputation or deployment of Professors and Readers from Degree Colleges to Junior Colleges.
Similarly, it has asked the Government to take necessary steps to amend the Odisha University Amendment Act in the pattern of Gujarat and Karnataka.
The panel too wanted that all Semester questions be made objective, and on-line test be introduced so that transparency can be maintained.
The Higher Education Department should enquire and prepare a comprehensive list to be submitted to the Revenue and Disaster Management Department about the colleges both of Government and private situated on lands which are not recorded in their favour with a view to enable them to avail UGC grants and other grants/ financial assistance, the panel report suggested.
Other recommendations include opening of Post Graduate classes in all autonomous colleges, filling up of non-teaching staffs in all category colleges, construction of an auditorium in each college, necessary provision for development of library and playground, introduction of Yoga as compulsory subject, quiz and GK tests with each examination and uniqueness in syllabus for all type of colleges.