BU's delay in declaring BEd results has PU teachers worried

The delay on the part of Bangalore University (BU) in declaring the results of final-semester BEd examinations held in December 2014/January 2015 has kept 400-odd government pre-university lecturers on tenterhooks.

These lecturers were among the 1,347 PU who were recruited in 2009. They had received special permission in October 2013 from the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) to go on sabbatical leave to complete a one-year BEd course. While 400-odd lecturers enrolled in colleges affiliated to BU, the rest chose to study at other universities.

In 2009, the government made BEd degree mandatory for the probationary period declaration (PPD), along with two years of service. Only lecturers who fulfill these requirements can apply for transfer. But the delay in declaration of results has not only left them worried but also made their chances of getting transfer in this academic year remote.

Dr A Nagaraju, president of the Association of Non-BEd Pre-University Lecturers Recruited In 2009, said they were losing hope. “Results are not our only problem. Once they are declared, we will need time to get the required certificates from the university, besides applying for the PPD. This process will take at least two months,” he told Deccan Herald. But time is the precious thing these lecturers do not have as the application process for transfer will begin around May, according to Nagaraju.

A  lecturer, who has been teaching at a government college in Kolar, said on the condition of anonymity: “Many lecturers who were recruited in 2009 have been working in the same place and want to move out because of personal or health reasons. But we haven’t been able to do so as the government changed requirement the year we were recruited.”

Out of the total 2,298 lecturers recruited in 2009, up to 839 had BEd degrees. The rest were given a probationary period of four years to study the degree through correspondence course. But only about 112 lecturers got their BEd degrees during the four-year period.