Visiting faculty in Medical Colleges: Professor to get Rs 10,000; AP to get Rs 8000 for 10 days in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: With the Medical Council of India ( MCI) giving its nod to the culture of having visiting faculty in medical colleges , the government of J&K has framed 'Jammu and Kashmir Medical Education (Appointment of Visiting Faculty) Rules' for regulation of the working of these part-time visiting medical faculty.
As per the rules, the honorarium of Rs 10,000 per day will be paid to the Professors and Rs 8,000 to the Associate Professors, engaged as 'Visiting Faculty' for a maximum period of ten days in a month.
Speaking to Daily Excelsior, certain sources pointed out that the availability of required faculty always remains a challenge in the Medical Colleges for various reasons. Despite having been established way back, the GMCs Srinagar and Jammu have been facing the shortage of faculty since past and to mitigate this problem to some extent, the Jammu and Kashmir Medical and Dental Education (Appointment on Academic Arrangement Basis) Rules came into existence in the year 2009. With the establishment of new Medical Colleges in J&K, these rules were completely revamped and revised rules were issued. However, even after several other orders issued by the MCI and the state government, the shortage of the faculty remained an issue.
Therefore, the government taking a hint from the MCI rules on visiting faculty and medical teachers has issued this notification which is reported to being a major change in the medical education sector of the state.
Last year, MCI had given its nod to the concept of visiting faculty to strengthen the teaching of MBBS and PG Medical courses at the medical colleges of the country.
The apex medical regulator, however, in its approved proposal noted that this system of having visiting faculties would only be a top-up, over and above the regular fulltime faculty, and such visiting faculty staff will not be counted as regular teaching staff as required under the Minimum Standard Regulations.
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