Thousands of teachers likely to lose jobs in Calicut varsity’s self-financing colleges
Thousands of teachers in self-financing colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut may lose their jobs due to new qualification requirements. The university plans to enforce UGC-NET or PhD mandates for faculty appointments, affecting around 7,500 teachers. Teachers' organizations have criticized the directive, calling for better salary standards alongside qualification enforcement.
- ▪The University of Calicut is making UGC-NET or PhD mandatory for faculty appointments.
- ▪Over 250 self-financing colleges across several districts are affected by this directive.
- ▪Approximately 7,500 teachers may lose their jobs due to the new requirements.
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Thousands of teachers in self-financing colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut are likely to lose their jobs as the authorities are planning to make clearance of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) or a PhD mandatory for the appointment of faculty members.A directive for the purpose was issued earlier this year by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who is also the Chancellor of State Universities. Sources in the Vice-Chancellor’s office told The Hindu on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) that the university had also issued orders to implement the UGC guidelines. Affiliation of the colleges would be cancelled if the guidelines were not adhered to, they added.
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