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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Jayanth R.

Government PU lecturers oppose student-strength based restriction for transfer

The Karnataka government has imposed a restriction that if there are less than 40 students enrolled per subject in a pre-university (PU) college, those lecturers are not eligible for transfer.

After objections raised by the lecturers during the transfer online counselling process, the Department of PU Education (DPUE) had postponed the government PU colleges principals and lecturers transfer counselling on August 11. But the department sent a message on Sunday to principals of PU colleges stating that the transfer process will be continued as per the schedule from August 14 onwards. On Monday, transfer of Kannada lecturers counselling was conducted.

The department started the request transfer process of government principals and lecturers of PU colleges. Around 82 principals and 2,397 lecturers applied for transfer this year. The department had announced the schedule of lecturers general transfer online counselling from August 11 to 24.

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