A four-year built-in instructor training programme proposed to be launched in Calicut University (CU) has reportedly run into an argument after Vice-Chancellor (V-C) P. Raveendran cancelled a walk-in interview scheduled for September 24, 25, and 26 to pick assistant professors.

The V-C’s motion was primarily based on the complaints filed by a bit of candidates and P. Rasheed Ahammed, Indian Union Muslim League-affiliated Syndicate member. They had alleged that the Head of the Department of Education and the Registrar had tried to nominate individuals near the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and their relations in these posts whereas violating the rules of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). Mr. Ahammed and others additionally claimed that the directions from the NCTE had been saved hidden by the college officers for months. It was alleged that the notification issued for the interview was additionally in a obscure format because it didn’t make clear whether or not the appointments had been on a brief foundation or in the event that they had been full-time posts.

Mr. Ahammed identified that if the appointments had been for over 45 days, reservation insurance policies must be adopted. The posts for the in a different way abled candidates must be mounted and talked about within the notification. Also, the candidates weren’t given a month’s time as directed by the UGC to arrange their functions.

However, official sources mentioned that the plan was to nominate academics on a brief foundation in order that their particulars may very well be uploaded on the NCTE web site earlier than October 4, a compulsory step to retain the in-principle approval from the company to run the programs. “If everlasting academics are to be appointed, workers and wage fixation must be achieved, and authorities approval must be searched for the aim. It would have taken lots of time,” the sources added. Meanwhile, it’s learnt that the V-C has directed the Registrar to subject a recent notification for the interview. The date is but to be scheduled.

Published – September 25, 2025 07:35 pm IST