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College teachers `deplore' Education Dept. move

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`Step-motherly treatment' to traditional courses

COIMBATORE: Government College Teachers' Manram (GCTM) has deplored, what it called, "the partisan attitude" of the Education Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu by which undue importance is given to computer courses introduced in the 48 Government arts colleges in the State.

In a statement, the vice-president of the association R. Shantharam alleged "step-motherly treatment" to the traditional courses, which have been in existence from the time the colleges were started.

He pointed out that in the G.O. Ms. No. 298 of the Department of Higher Education (G1) dated August 16, the State Government had ordered the transfer of 70 permanent posts in the traditional courses in the Departments of English, Tamil, Botany, History, etc. to the Department of Computer Science.

"The stand of the Department that these 70 posts are surplus is highly amusing because nearly 1,800 posts in these courses are lying vacant."

According to him, the G.O. also stated that the computer courses started in the 48 Government colleges were job-oriented. He wanted to know the percentage of students who got employment after the completion of these courses.

He contended that a careful study would clearly prove that the number of students who got employment after their graduation and postgraduation through the traditional courses was more than the number who underwent computer education in the Government colleges.

Pointing out that the G.O. itself had said that the computer courses were run without adequate staff for the II and III year students and PG students, he said "this shows the short-sightedness of the Department in starting courses without proper planning". Hence, the association has urged the State Government to withdraw G.O. No 298 immediately and instead issue a fresh G.O. filling up all the 1,800 vacancies in the Government colleges as well as the 70 posts in the Department of Computer Science.

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