Nagpur: At Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, the phased implementation of the New Education Policy (NEP) since the 2023-24 academic session has sparked a wave of anger among professors. In Humanities and Science streams, working hours have shot up nearly fourfold, but there has been no corresponding increase in faculty strength or infrastructure. Teachers are now demanding that the policy be rolled back immediately.
Led by Dr. Shrikant Bhovte, Secretary of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Teachers’ Organization and a Senate member, a delegation submitted a memorandum to Divisional Joint Director of Higher Education, Dr. Chavan. As per the Maharashtra government’s circular under NEP guidelines, boards of studies for each subject submitted redesigned syllabi — but the result has been a staggering workload jump.
In Social Sciences, weekly hours have surged to 80–90 hours, while in Science subjects, they have exploded to 140–150 hours a week. Professors say this is “humanly impossible” without major staffing changes.
The demands include:
Budgetary sanction for the increased workload.
Immediate faculty recruitment proportional to the new hours.
Official guidelines on minimum and maximum student strength per subject.
More classrooms in line with the increased number of batches.
Without these, teachers warn, the NEP rollout will crush staff morale and compromise academic quality. “This is not reform, this is overburden,” one professor said bluntly.
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