UGC Removes 'De-Reservation' Draft Guidelines From Website
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UGC has removed the draft guidelines that proposed 'de-reservation' of reserved posts in faculty recruitment
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UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said that the guidelines have been removed from the website as the deadline to submit feedback on the draft is over
A controversy erupted over the commission's draft guidelines
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The guidelines suggested that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates will be 'declared unreserved' if enough candidates are not available
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, however, clarified that not a single post will be de-reserved for reserved category
He noted that there was no scope for ambiguity about reservations
He cited the introduction of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019
The chairman also noted that no de-reservation was done in the past and there is "going to be no such de-reservation" in future
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The Education Ministry recently directed all CEIs to fill vacancies strictly in accordance with the 2019 Act
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The ministry noted that reservation in CEIs is provided for all posts in direct recruitment in the Teacher's cadre
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