Newer specialisations have left educators struggling to evolve an acceptable method and determine if a course conforms to the requirements of a job profile in State government departments.
The State government has drafted rules for recruitment and only candidates who conform to the rules are considered for vacancies in government departments. Until a few years ago the State’s recruiting agency the Tamil Nadu State Public Servuce Commission was assigned the task of ascertaining equivalence of degrees that candidates had been awarded. The task was given to the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) in 2019 as the government considered it the appropriate authority to verify qualification credentials of applicants. Since the Council took over it has received around 1,000 petitions from higher educational institutions seeking equivalence approval.
