The Centre on Thursday approved a proposal for promulgation of The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019 to provide for the reservation of faculty in appointments by direct recruitment of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBL) in central educational institutions
It will also restore the earlier 200-point roster-based reservation system in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The new system will consider the university or college as one unit, instead of treating department or subject as one unit.
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the decision will also now pave the way for filling up of more than 5,000 vacancies by direct recruitment in teachers’ cadre.
The Ordinance will ensure that constitutional provisions of reservation for SC, ST and SEBL in the faculty recruitment will be protected and current impasse in recruitment would be resolved.