Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday took note of a complaint received at the Jandarshan programme held at his residence regarding the reasons behind delay caused in holding this year's exam for Physiotherapy course of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University.
During the programme, Chief Minister immediately took into account the application submitted by a physiotherapy student about the delay in holding of the exams.
Singh directed the Vice-Chancellor of Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur to immediately redress the complaint. The complainant was student of a private physiotherapy College in Bilaspur which is affiliated to the university.
She conveyed her grievances saying that for this physiotherapy course of duration four-and-a-half years, annual and supplementary examinations are to be held every year but University has been delaying the exams since long.
last year the exams were held in October 2013, but after that no exams for this course have been held, the student informed the Chief Minister.
The student said that she has been regularly paying annual college fee of Rs 42,600 to pursue this course. But despite collecting the fees on time, the University is not holding the exams.
Singh assured the complainant of redressing the matter at earliest. This apart, the Chief Minister also considered the complaints about absence of Patwaris at headquarters in Bagicha Tehsil of Jashpur district. Singh directed the Jashpur District Collector to immediately probe the matter.
A number of Assistant Professors of private colleges who have cleared NET and SET exam also met the Chief Minister and requested for relaxation in age-limit in the recruitment exam to be organized by Chhattisgarh State Public Service Commission (PSC) for 966 posts of Assistant Professors.
They stated that last time the recruitment exam was held in year 2009. Now this exam is going be held again; but this time, eligibility criteria includes the age-limit of 40 years. Hence, the candidates, who have cleared NET, SET, Ph.D and are serving in various private colleges, are unable to avail the relaxation of age-limit.
The Assistant Professors handed over a memorandum to Chief Minister and requested that like teachers and Panchayat employees, they should also be provided relaxation of 5 years in age-limit.
The Chief Minister sent the memorandum to Higher Education Department Secretary for immediate redressal.
Another delegation from lailunga area of Raigarh district requested Singh to reappoint the daily wagers, who have served as guards and cooks during the last 3 to 7 years in Ashram schools and hostels of the area.
The Chief Minister forwarded their memorandum to District Collector Raigarh along with the directives for immediate redressal.