Parliament passes Teachers Reservation Bill

July 3: In March, the Cabinet had cleared an ordinance on reservation mechanism for appointment of faculties in universities. On Wednesday, Parliament passed a bill to enable Universities or colleges to be considered as an unit instead of department while providing reservation for filling vacancies of teachers in central education institutes.

Termed as Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill 2019, the bill would give a major push to reforms in the education sector in the country. The bill seeks to restore the earlier reservation system based on 200 point roster.

The bill, which was cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday, seeks to replace an ordinance issued in March this year. The passage of the Bill in Rajya Sabha will help in filling up the existing over 7,000 vacancies in the central universities. HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that the the bill aims to provide for reservation of posts in appointments through direct recruitment of persons belonging to the SC, ST, Socially and Economically Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in teachers’ cadre in 41 Central Education institutions.