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Welcome move

The HRD Ministry's proposal to increase the retirement age of teachers in Central universities from 62 to 65 years is welcome. Our country should seize the opportunity of harnessing the `longevity dividend' in all fields in view of the increasing population of senior citizens who have vast experience and professional expertise. While it will help in nation building, it will also reduce the Government's burden to provide for the aging population.

Kalluri Subba Rao,
Hyderabad

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The move will have a negative impact on the employment opportunities of the young. The claim that there is a shortage of qualified teachers is absurd when so many meritorious candidates pass out every year. Most of them work in the private sector or in other countries, but they can be lured into teaching if the government provides them the opportunity. If the extraordinary professor needs to be retained, he can be kept on the faculty as an emeritus professor. But are all retiring professors extraordinary?

P. Sivakumar,
Bareilly, U.P.

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