COIMBATORE: Candidates serving as teaching faculty in private colleges have requested the Higher Education Department to issue instructions to all colleges not to demand money from them to provide the salary acquittance certificate, required to apply for the post of assistant professor.
An assistant professor at a private arts and science college in the city, requesting anonymity, told TNIE that the Teachers Recruitment Board has invited applications to fill 2,708 vacancies for the post of assistant professors in the Tamil Nadu Collegiate Educational Service for government arts and science colleges and government colleges of education.
Candidates can apply for the post online from October 17 to November 10. "The Directorate of Collegiate Education (DCE) has instructed all colleges to provide candidates with the service certificate signed by the principal and secretary of the college, salary acquittance, bonafide certificate and other required documents. These have to be submitted at the respective office of the regional joint director of Collegiate Education after candidates submit their applications on the portal."
"In this situation, some colleges located on the outskirts of the city have started demanding money, ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000, for issuing the salary acquittance certificate. The Higher Education Department should stop this malpractice by issuing a warning circular," he urged.
He said if they complain about it, the college administration may target them by refusing to issue the required documents.
Another candidate, P Selvaraj, told TNIE that apart from the salary acquittance certificate, some college managements are also demanding Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 to issue bona fide certificates for PhD completion.
A senior DCE official told TNIE that no complaints had been received from candidates regarding the issue, adding they would look into the allegations.