Tag: UGC

On 23rd March 2018 JNU students and teachers initiated a long march to parliament against undemocratic administrative measures by the university vice chancellor like removal of chairpersons and deans, nepotism in appointments, fee hike, mandatory attendance and inaction over professor accused of sexual harassment.

The NET examination that took place on Sunday (5th Nov) is an examination to select the future generation of teachers at Indian universities and colleges. It is an ‘objective-type’ examination which supposedly tests both general teaching aptitude and subject knowledge of the candidate. Do the qualities and capabilities required for one to become a quality pedagogue really fall within the ambit of the examination or is it merely an assertion of the power of the ‘academic bureaucracy’ over the creativity and possibility of the vocation of teaching? Manisha Jha