Nod To Teachers To Work Up To 65 Yrs

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Teachers in Punjab’s government and private medical, dental, ayurvedic colleges and other such institutions can now work up to 65 years.
The state government today issued a notification in this regard, allowing the colleges concerned to re-employ willing teachers, who retired in 2003 or after, as per the age criteria fixed by the Medical Council of India (MCI), that is 65 years.
Sources said the notification had been issued following the approval given in this connection by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. However, the matter would be put before the state cabinet on April 23 for its ex post facto approval.
The authorities concerned in colleges have been told to consider only those teachers for re-employment whose service record has been unblemished. “Now teachers in medical and other related colleges can teach up to 65 years.They will be offered re-employment on attaining the age of retirement that is 60,” said a senior government officer.
Recently, the Union government had suggested such a measure keeping in view the dearth of faculty, which is, perhaps, a countrywide phenomenon. As various government medical colleges and other related institutions have been facing a serious shortage of teaching faculty and threat of de-recognisation from the MCI has been looming large on such institutions, the increase in the age for re-employment of retired teachers will help the authorities concerned to fill the 107 vacant posts in such institutions.
Sources said the retirement age of teachers in such institutions had been kept at 60. But on attaining retirement, teachers willing to serve further could be retained on the faculty up to 65 years. Obviously, after 60 years, such teachers will be re-employed on a contract basis. Recently, the MCI had warned the Punjab government, asking it to fill the vacant posts or the government medical colleges concerned would be de-recognised. The council had also urged for taking certain other measures.
Meanwhile, the Punjab government is likely to write to the MCI soon, urging it not impose cut on the number of seats in postgraduate medical courses owing to shortage of teachers. The state government is of the view that owing to cut in seats, the availability of medical teachers will further come down. After doing the PG course, some of the students opt for teaching job in medical colleges. Recently, medical students in Maharashtra had resorted to agitation owing to cut imposed on seats there.
 
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