Candidates urge Government to declare results of Assistant Professors recruitment
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 28 2023:
A group of candidates who appeared in the recruitment for 190 posts of Assistant Professors on contractual basis for the State Government colleges under the Department of Higher and Technical Education, urged the Government to declare recruitment results as soon as possible.
The candidates expressed that the State's Education Minister, Thounaojam Basanta Kumar, in the ongoing Manipur Assembly session, assured declaration of the results of various posts, including Assistant Professors, at Dhanamanjuri University.
"Unfortunately, the Education Minister did not give any information regarding the recruitment of 190 Assistant Professor posts in State Government colleges," lamented the candidates in a statement .
It further stated that the applicants have been waiting for the recruitment examination results for almost one and a half years, and the recruitment has marred them from advancing their careers.
It may be noted that the examination was conducted in 2021 .
A list of shortlisted candidates was uploaded on the official website of the Directorate of the University and Higher education on August 23, 2021, after the screening of academic credentials and suitability of the applied candidates strictly in compliance with UGC norms and criteria.
Accordingly, the interview for the posts began on September 3 and was completed on September 21, 2021 .
The department concerned had issued a press release on June 23, 2022, informing that the recruitment process is near completion and has been referred to the personnel department to declare results.
At the same time, there are reports of acute shortage of teaching faculty in the higher education sector.
The candidates drew the attention of the Minister and the Department concerned to declare the recruitment examination results as soon as possible.