Yogesh Singh, the Vice Chancellor of New Delhi, Delhi University, urged all the affiliated colleges principals to prioritize the permanent faculty appointments for hiring the guest faculty, according to an official statement issued by the university on Saturday.
This comment was made during the 102nd meeting of the Academic Council, the top academic decision -making bodies of the university.
The Academic Council also approved several new courses including a proposal by the School of Open Learning to offer certificates, diplomas and advanced diploma programs in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages ​​from 2025-26 academic session.
Additionally, one year advanced diploma in Japanese will be introduced at Ramjas College.
The Distance and Sustainable Education Department was also noded to start a certificate courses at French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese from 2024-25 session at the Open Learning Development Center, CISBC.
Among other educational decisions, the council approved the new course in faculties under the outline of the undergraduate course.
The new skill enhancement courses were cleaned, including robotics and automation and Iot introduction using Arduino in electronics domains, low-codes/no-codes development and new biomedical science courses such as biomedical science courses such as biomedical science syllables such as organic evidence, forensic toxic, question examination, and death forensic analysis.
The council also approved the translation of Persian, Arabic and Urdu texts in the course in English for better access.
During the zero hours of the meeting, the Vice Chancellor emphasized the need for timely recruitment.
“Colleges should prioritize to fill permanent positions instead of relying on guest faculty. They should advertise vacancies and complete the appointment procedures at least once or twice a year,” he said.
The Vice Chancellor also asked the principal to initiate action on the posts that are currently vacant or are expected to be vacant due to retirement.
12 Answering a question on faculty recruitment in colleges funded by the Delhi government, he said that there was a discussion with the Delhi government and a positive result was expected soon.
Registrar Dr. Vikas Gupta put the minutes of the 1021 AC meeting held on 27 December before the Council for the Council and presented an action report on the previous decisions.
The proposals approved by the Academic Council will now be sent to the Executive Council for final approval. The Executive Council is scheduled to meet on 23 May.
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