Minimum timescale for varsity professors

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) chairman Prof. Hemachandra Reddy said the state government is committed to implementing minimum timescale for the professors working in universities.
He, along with special chief secretary Satish Chandra, addressed a press conference here on Saturday and said GO No. 24 issued by the previous government created confusion among the universities in implementing the timescale.
Hemachandra Reddy said the timescale is being strictly implemented in junior and degree colleges while there are some glitches in implementing the same in universities.
“A total of 2,100 contract professor posts are there in 16 universities. There is no clarity on the government sanctioned posts and self-finance posts. Government has already said it will soon announce a job calendar with 2,000 assistant professor posts. We are taking necessary measures to implement minimum pay scale for the contract lecturers and increase the salaries of teaching faculty at JNTU Kakinada, JNTU Anantapur, and Adikavi Nannaya University,” Reddy said.
He condemned the allegations made by Opposition parties on employing aided college lecturers in universities.
“Only 300 out of 800 aided lecturers are fit to be recruited to universities. We condemn the baseless statements,” he said.
Special chief secretary Satish Chandra said regularisation of contract staff is not possible as per the judgements of Supreme Court and asked the contract lecturers to take APPSC assistant professor examinations soon.
APSCHE chairman said the timescale is being strictly implemented in junior and degree colleges while there are some glitches in implementing the same in universities