MP Bishnu Pada Ray Urges A&N Administration to Safeguard Interests of Lengthy-Serving Guest Faculty in Colleges of A & N Islands

Tarun Karthick 

Sri Vijaya Puram, 04 July 2025

Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has raised critical issues over the latest transfer by the A&N Administration to type a brand new panel for the appointment of Guest Faculty in Government Degree Colleges, allegedly sidelining skilled and long-serving college members.

In an official letter addressed to the Chief Secretary of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration, MP Ray has appealed for a reconsideration of the choice, citing problems with equity, continuity, and fairness. He famous that a number of devoted native Guest Faculty members—some serving for over a decade in establishments comparable to JNRM, ANCOL, MGGC, TGCE, and DBRAIT—now face the chance of shedding their positions as a result of revised choice course of.

“These teachers have served under challenging conditions, often on yearly contracts with meagre honorariums in the initial years, yet they continued to contribute significantly to higher education across the Islands,” MP Ray said.

Highlighting the latest implementation of UGC-recommended remuneration norms in 2023, the MP identified that the majority of those college members now maintain the requisite {qualifications}, together with NET and Ph.D. However, the brand new empanelment course of reportedly doesn’t account for educating expertise, prioritizing solely tutorial scores and demonstration lectures.

Describing the brand new choice standards as “arbitrary and regressive,” MP Ray warned that it might result in the displacement of native educators by mainland candidates, purely on the premise of marks, with out recognising the years of devoted service rendered by the present college.

MP Ray has urged the Administration to:

(a) Reconsider the choice to ask recent functions with out giving choice to skilled visitor college; and
(b) Ensure that present college who meet UGC norms and have served with out hostile remarks are reappointed on precedence, as per established apply, till everlasting recruitment is performed.

The enchantment comes amid rising anxiousness among the many educating fraternity within the Islands, who concern that the revised course of might undermine their years of educational service and dedication.