KATHMANDU, FEB 10 - Controversy has not stopped dogging Tribhuvan University’s (TU) vacancy announcement—published a month ago—for 402 lecturers under its reservation policy.

Following the announcement, which TU termed an attempt to make the country’s oldest university inclusive, opposition groups intensified their protests and even padlocked the TU Service Commission office demanding that the university revoke its decision.  

 In December last year, TU Senate, the supreme body of the university, decided to amend the TU Service Act to provision 50 percent reservation seats for people from disadvantaged groups.

A month later, the Commission announced vacancy for 402 lecturers — 207 through open competition and 185 through reservation quota. The cut off mark for candidates was fixed at second division in Master’s level.

But a week later, the Bahun-Chhetri Struggle Committee (BCSC) and Chhetri Society padlocked the Commission demanding that TU scrap its reservation policy.

The TU Senate came up with the  reservation policy in line with the provision in the Interim Constitution, according to Vice-Chancellor Madhav Sharma.

“The country’s situation demanded a reservation policy in employee recruitment. The policy also followed the Interim Constitution and it is the practice in international universities,” said Sharma. The Interim Constitution has provisioned 45 percent reservation. 

However, BCSC Coordinator Suman Baskota said, “The University is a platform for academic excellence. Thus, there must be competent professors to produce competent students. If reservation policy comes into effect, the quality of the education will fall. Thus, although the university has introduced reservation for its administration, this policy should not be applied to academics.” 

“Since the Senate has already passed the inclusion policy, the TU administration musty apply the decision while recruiting employees,” said Nabin Limbu, President of Nepal Students’ Federation of Indigenous Nationalities. 

Quota ALLOCATION

33 percent     -    Women

27 percent    -    Indigenous community

22 percent    -    Madhesi

  9 percent    -    Dalits

  5 percent    -    Differently abled

  4 percent    -    Backward districts

(Achham, Kalikot, Jajarkot,    Jumla, Dolpa, Bajhang, Bajura, Mugu, and Humla)

Posted on: 2010-02-10 09:04

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