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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

17.0 PERIOD OF PROBATION AND CONFIRMATION:
17.1. The minimum period of probation shall be one year extendable by a maximum period of one
more year in case of unsatisfactory performance.
17.2. The confirmation at the end of one year shall be automatic unless extended for another year
by a specific order, before expiry of first year. It is obligatory on the part of the university to
issue an order of confirmation to the incumbents within 45 days of completion of probationary
period after due process of verification of satisfactory performance
17.3. Probation and confirmation rules are applicable only at the initial stage of recruitment.
17.4. All other Central Government rules on probation and confirmation shall be applicable in
appropriate cases.
18.0 CREATION & FILLING UP OF TEACHING POSTS

18.1. Teaching posts in universities shall be created in a pyramidal order; that is, for instance, for
01 post of Professor, there shall be 02 posts of Associate Professors and 04 posts of Assistant
Professors, per department.
18.2. All the sanctioned/approved posts in the university system shall be filled up on an urgent Basis.

19.0 APPOINTMENTS ON CONTRACT BASIS
19.1. The teachers should be appointed on contract basis only when it is absolutely necessary and
when the student: teacher ratio does not satisfy the laid down norms. In any case, the number
should not exceed 10% of the total number of faculty positions in a College/University.
The qualifications and selection procedure for appointing them should be the same as for
a regularly appointed teacher. The fixed emoluments paid to such contract teachers should
not be less than the monthly gross salary of a regularly appointed Assistant Professor. Such
appointments should not be made for more than one academic session and the performance of
any such entrant teacher should be reviewed for academic performance before reappointing
her/him on contract basis for another session.

20.0. TEACHING DAYS
20.1. The Universities/Colleges must adopt at least 180 working days, i.e., there should be a
minimum of 30 weeks of actual teaching in a 6-day week. Of the remaining period, 12 weeks
may be devoted to admission and examination activities, and non-instructional days for co-
curricular, sports, college day, etc., 8 weeks for vacations and 2 weeks may be attributed to
various public holidays. If the University adopts a 5 day week pattern, then the number of
weeks should be increased correspondingly to ensure equivalent of 30 weeks with a 6 day week.
The above is summarized as follows:
Number of weeks:

University College University College
30 (180 days) 30 (180 days) 36 (180 days) 36 (180 days)
Teaching & Learning Process
weeks weeks weeks weeks
Admissions/Examinations
preparation for Examination 12 10 8 8
Vacation 8 10 6 6
Public Holidays
(to increase & adjust teaching 2 2 2 2
days accordingly)
Total 52 52 52 52

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