The Department of Higher Education has decided to revive the Service Selection Board (SSB) to look after recruitment of teachers for non-government colleges. The decision has received the State Government?s approval as well.
At present, teachers in non-government colleges are appointed directly by college management and there have been allegations galore by students and their guardians that the candidates appointed by authorities of such colleges are not qualified enough to fit in as the teachers.
The decision has been taken to centralise and streamline the process of recruitment to non-government colleges.
While the SSB will look into recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff (posts of librarian, lab assistant, physical education trainer, junior clerks and attendants) in the non-government colleges, it would also select non-teaching staff for Government colleges in the State, said Secretary of the Department Gagan Dhal.
?The private colleges will send their requisition for teachers to the SSB which will select candidates. Final approval to the recruitment will be given by the State Government,? he added.
The SSB was lying defunct for over 20 years in the absence of any official recruitment drive.
After its inception, the Board functioned like a parallel body to Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC).
While OPSC looked into selecting teachers for Government colleges, the Board selected teachers for the private colleges.
Mihir Das, OIC of Performance Tracking Cell of the Department, informed that the SSB will have the Director of Higher Education as the president, a retired professor as the member and an in-service reader as the secretary.
??At present, there is no regulatory mechanism to check qualifications of the candidates appointed by private colleges. The Board will act as a screening body for the appointments.
Besides, the State Government will have a say in the appointments as it helps private colleges with financial aid in the form of block grant,? Das added. There are over 2100 private colleges in the State.
Educationists have, however, termed it as a delayed move.
?With a lot many students studying in private colleges, the decision to revive this Board is a welcome move as it would ensure appointment of quality teachers. But this is too little and too late as such a step should have been taken much earlier for the sake of better education,? said former principal of BJB College Suresh Chandra Patnaik.
Service Selection Board
? At present, teachers in non-government colleges are appointed directly by college management
? The decision for centralised appointment has been taken to centralise and streamline the process of recruitments to non-government colleges
? This Board will act as a screening body for the appointments
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