Move to recruit temporary staff in Calicut varsity kicks up a row

Appointment only for a month, says VC

While a group of activists and academics have objected to Calicut University’s decision to appoint temporary staff on contract basis at the Pareeksha Bhavan, the authorities have downplayed the allegations.

Online applications have been sought for the posts. Thiruvananthapuram-based Save University Campaign Committee, in a recent letter to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who is also the Chancellor, claimed that the move would impact the credibility of the examination system. It claimed that the move was to have at least 100 temporary staff for a year. Only residents of Tenhipalam, Pallikkal and Chelembra grama panchayats, which surround the university campus, can apply. They should be aged below 36 and graduates.

The committee claimed that jobs such as false numbering of answer scripts, packing of question papers, decoding of counter foils, and details of teachers evaluating the answer scripts would be given to the temporary staff. It will affect the secrecy of the examination process.