Teachers at JNU denied leave requests for not marking the attendance
The JNU administration has denied the leave requests of several teachers as they failed to mark their own attendance or did not submit the attendance records of the students. The university is facing the backlash from the students and teachers alike as it has made 75 percent attendance compulsory for the students and teachers. The students from the University has also filed the petition in Delhi High Court against the mandatory attendance rule. On November 13, Registrar Pramod Kumar made the attendance rule official. “All proposals/requests of faculty members, including leave requests, should be forwarded by the Deans and Chairpersons of the School/Centre/Special Centre concerned for consideration of competent authority, only after confirming that the faculty member concerned has adhered to the attendance rules of the university and has been marking his/her attendance. While forwarding request/ paper/proposal of faculties, it has to be ensured by the Deans of Schools/ Chairperson of Centers/Special Centers that the faculty concerned has been taking attendance of students as well. As desired by the competent authority, no request/paper/proposal of faculty will be entertained/considered if he/she has not adhered to the above decisions of statutory bodies,” the official notification said. Professor Archana Prasad from the Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies was to attend the conference in South Africa from December 6-16 and sent a leave application regarding the same on October 9. After sending two reminders she received an e-mail from the Academic branch saying “ the request may be considered only after the faculty member confirms that he/she is signing the attendance register and taking attendance of students in the courses he/she is teaching”. The JNU’s Teachers Association is calling the decision as ‘irrational and arbitrary’ as it is not drawn from any provision of the JNU Act, statutes and ordinances.
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