Maharashtra Teacher Recruitment 2021: On Sunday, Uday Samant, Maharashtra State Higher and Technical Education Minister conducted a review meeting in Pune with NET-SET qualified teachers. In the meeting, the Education Minister declares to continue the recruitment process for 3,064 professor posts in the state. In his announcement, he said, “Till now, of the total approved 4,074 recruitment posts of professors, 1,600 posts have been filled. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the recruitment process had gone on hold and the proposal for the recruitment of 3,064 professors has been sent to the finance department from my ministry. We are hoping to get it approved by next week.”
Samant also approved the recruitment of 121 librarians and 659 university teachers, which is pending for a long by the Maharashtra State Librarians Federation. In the meeting, he also highlighted the issue of the professors working on an hourly basis and an increase in the payment. As per the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines for professors who work on an hourly basis is that one lecture should be of 48 minutes in duration instead of 60 minutes. In terms of payment, earlier the rate for an hourly lecture was Rs. 500 which is now upgraded to Rs. 650. For practicals, the rate for an hour is upgraded to Rs. 250 from Rs. 150.
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