Yes:
• (1) Contractual posts of Assistant Professors are not recognized by UGC. (2) Even if contractual posts are illegal, the appointment order of this type includes conditions inter-alia, that the contract appointment does not give any right to claim regularization, and the Government has the power to terminate the contract as and when it deems necessary. (3) Contract means temporary. The vacancy to that particular post should be advertised for open competitive examination. (4) Assistant professor post is Class-1 Gazetted. It is a prestigious fitting post for open competitive examination such as through the CESE under NPSC. Therefore, it is not a post where anybody can enter through contract based on backdoor/nepotism/favoritism and become regularized after working for some years.
• (1) Merit-Based Selection: Open competitive exams ensure that candidates are selected based on their knowledge, skills, and capabilities, rather than personal connections or favoritism. (2) Fairness and Equality: It provides a level playing field for all applicants, regardless of their background. This promotes social justice and equal opportunity. (3) Transparency and Accountability: The process is more transparent, reducing the chances of corruption, nepotism, or favoritism in hiring.
• (1)The term contractual appointment means they are employed for a limited duration. (2) A threat to meritocracy (3) Violation of Government Policy (4) Violation of Fundamental right (5) In a current competitive world with thousands of educated unemployed yet qualified youths in Nagaland, there is no place for backdoor appointments, they have no reason to call themselves asst professors when the means itself isn't appropriate. The deserving ones are to be given an opportunity to occupy that vacancy instead of a bunch of people who want an easy way without getting into competition. Whether they find themselves fit or not, based on their qualifications, that definitely do not justify that their mode of recruitment is right, is it?
• 1. Firstly, NPSC hardly advertise just 1 or 2 posts for every subject for CESE, for that the aspirants are on neck to neck competition, 147 post of Assistant professor being regularized appeared to be betrayal to hard working aspirants. 2. Terminate all backdoor appointees on moral ground. It's a very depressing affair for all hardworking aspirants who don't have a political godfather to help them get a govt Job. Let Justice prevails
• A very big fat yes because we as aspirants are working day and night preparing and eagerly waiting for vacancies to be advertised and the government on the other hand is regularising the so called contract lectures that also on the basis of what? Many of them don't even have the requisite qualifications as per the mandates given by UGC. It is completely a downfall on the part of the concerned departments to issue such recommendations. CESE NPSC is a prestigious exam where vacancies do not even cross 50 sometimes, and how can the government actually regularise 140 plus post. We as research scholars who are purely into academia, what will we do when these vacancies are taken away from us? We are not given equal and fair chance to sit in exams and compete. Most renowned and capable candidates, scholars are compelled to work outside Nagaland because we are not given equal opportunities due to corruption and the Government thinks we can go towards a bright future when all the capable candidates, students, scientists are forced to look for work outside one's own state. Pathetic!
• All recruitment should be through open competitive exams. When a person is appointed for a job through contract/ backdoor process, it means that the job was not sent to NPSC for every eligible candidate to have an opportunity to get that job. It means that thousands have been denied the opportunity for the sake of that one person who was appointed through contract/backdoor. Opportunity denied is natural justice denied. There is no fairness. A system of permanent appointment through contracts/backdoor favours the elite, the rich, the powerful, the cheaters and the well connected. This system should be done away with for the sake of equal and fair opportunity for all.
• All sorts of services or posts should first advertise publicly and should appoint through proper procedure. There are already hundreds or thousands of youths with NET and PhD degree waiting that opportunity since many years. Atleast, let them sit for the exams. Dear Nagaland govt, atleast don't take away the hope of the Naga Youths.
• As the name itself says “contractual”, it is not meant to be permanent and likewise due process of recruitment for permanent teachers should be conducted so that the government gives fair opportunity to eligible candidates in public institutions. The government cannot use the excuse of limited teachers in colleges or schools by absorbing contractual teachers and denying the others the right to equal opportunity in public institutions.
• As we witness the ongoing discussions around regularization of contract Asst Professors and librarians, I would like to highlight that open competitive helps in ensuring fairness and meritocracy in public appointments. Open competitive examination provides equal opportunities for all eligible candidates to participate and showcase their skills and knowledge. This approach helps to identify the most deserving candidates, promoting transparency and accountability in the recruitment process.
• Because there is an established procedure through which recruitments are made and any deviation from this established procedure is illegal. A deviation from the established procedure is what we call backdoor appointment or simply corruption. Therefore, acceptance of this deviation is an acceptance of corruption, no matter what justification one offers.
• Because whether they have served the department for long term they were getting their share i.e. salary and they have enjoyed enough while on the other hand there are certain deserving candidates who have been waiting for this opportunity for years and years and some even got overage without getting a single penny from government. So open competitive exam should be conducted
• By bypassing rigorous competitive exams and interviews, the government undermines meritocracy and transparency. In this context, according to the UGC guidelines, the recruitment to the posts of Assistant professors, Associate professors and Professors must be strictly based on merit through all-India advertisement and selection by duly constituted selection committees. Therefore, I strongly support replacing the current contractual teacher appointments with recruitment through open competitive exam.
• Contract appointments especially for such a high and pivotal post (highest post under the state's public service commission) shouldn't have taken place nor should've prolonged these long in the first place. Hence, regularising contractual teachers who were mostly appointed without even a proper interview/written exam, without bearing UGC's minimum qualification criteria like NET during appointment(or even now) and many who have clearly practiced nepotism will immensely jeopardize the principles of meritocracy, transparency, equal opportunity and fair competition in the state. Regularising contractual teachers defames the value and purpose of NPSC itself. Most importantly it will sabotage fair education foundations and cripple the entire present and future competitive exam aspirants and educated youths in the state. Students and youths will lose faith in their government, public service commission and most dangerously on their own educators who couldn't practice fair competition and ethical standards themselves. Regularising contractual teachers is an unfair offense against those qualified aspirants who tirelessly prepare for CESE exam every year.
• Doesn't matter whether they have NET and PhD qualifications. (Though I allegedly heard that some of them don't possess the following requirements to be an AP). They all need to go through the same process that the other aspirants went through, clear the mains and the interview. It is not fair to those candidates who recently cleared the CESE exams and to the upcoming aspirants. One cannot fully eradicate corruption. But atleast do not bring corruption in the education sector. It will affect all the coming generations.
• Education Department should be crystal clear without any influence from corruption. If this is Nagaland's education then it is way too low. How can any minister or officials or Government Skip the process of competition and just appoint or regularise not 1 not 2 but 147 post?? Government must give equal opportunity to every eligible candidate. And if this is our Nagaland education system and if this is our Government then it's very pathetic.
• Everyone should get equal opportunity. The post of an assistant professor is a class I gazetted post! How can it be given without any recruitment and exam? Those that served for decades on contract, they knew what they were getting themselves into. So why bring up the excuse of sacrificing time and energy? The job itself is very demanding. What they did so far is commendable and we are grateful but they were getting paid, isn't it? If some say their experiences and knowledge are vast, why scared to compete? No matter what their age, let them sit for the exams too. And let the best one succeed!
• I do not expect a person with no suitable qualifications to teach the students when there are many qualified students/research scholars/youths with all the meritorious degrees to teach. So, if the contractual teachers want to teach they should do it through proper and fair means viz Competitive exams. While I respect the contractual teachers for all the hardwork they've made for the students, I DO NOT SUPPORT SUCH BACKDOOR APPOINTMENT OR ABSORPTION, I stand against such Corruptions.
• I strongly support replacing the current contractual teacher appointments with a merit-based system, where deserving candidates are selected through fair competition rather than through nepotism and backdoor appointments to ensure qualified educators teach the upcoming generations. And those who seamlessly exploit nepotism or backdoor appointments to secure positions they haven't earned should be consumed by shame and guilt. Their blatant disregard to meritocracy not only mocks the very concept of hard work and dedication but also corrupts the educational system, rendering them utterly unfit to stand before STUDENTS and teach with even a semblance of integrity and credibility.
• I support conducting the CESE (Common Educational and Service Examination) for teacher recruitment instead of continuing with contractual appointments. In the education field, equal opportunity is essential, and recruitment should be based on merit, not connections or arbitrary decisions. I have spent my entire life preparing to serve society through teaching, and it's disheartening to see deserving candidates sidelined due to an unfair system. A transparent, competitive exam like CESE ensures that every qualified individual gets a fair chance, and it upholds the quality and credibility of the teaching profession.
• I support recruitment through open competitive exams because it ensures transparency, merit-based selection, and equal opportunity for all qualified candidates. The issue of regularising 147 contractual professors without open competition undermines fairness and discourages aspiring educators who are prepared to serve through legitimate means. Public service appointments should not be based on ad hoc arrangements or favoritism, but on merit, to maintain the quality and integrity of our education system.
• I support replacing the current contractual teacher appointments with recruitment through open competitive exams because it ensures a more transparent, fair, and merit-based selection process. Open competitive exams help in identifying the most qualified and capable candidates, based on clear standards rather than subjective judgments. This improves the overall quality of teachers, promotes equal opportunity for all applicants, and helps build a more competent and professional education system. It also reduces favoritism, bias, and irregularities in appointments.
• I support replacing the current contractual teachers appointment through open exams, but with certain conditions; 1) While open exams ensure fairness, transparency, and merit-based selection, it is also important to recognise the contribution of long-serving contractual teachers. 2) Many teachers have dedicated 10 to 15 years of service and have built strong connections within their colleges and communities. Therefore, a transition policy should be introduced i.e., offering weightage, age relaxation or a separate qualifying exam for such teachers to be regularised. 3) Those who have served less than 2-5 years would be required to go through the regular open exam process without exemptions. It ensures that exemptions are earned through long term dedication. Therefore, this hybrid approach would balance the need for quality recruitment while valuing the experienced and commitment of existing teachers.
• It discourages the morale and spirit of those candidates/employees who came through NPSC-CESE which is through proper system. It's is pure form of corruption, nepotism and favouritism. It they are regularised, they will supersede in promotion of many candidates in particular 2022, 23, 24 batch who came through NPSC-CESE. (Some of the backdoor appointee has already PhD, where they will apply promotion after completing 4 years of service once they are regularised). Those candidates who does not have PhD, promotion in the 1st placement (stage-2) is 6 years while those having PhD is 4 years)
• It is only fair to conduct an open and transparent examination where the qualified aspirants as well as the contractual teachers can come and appear the exam on equal footing. Those who get through the exam (this includes both the qualified aspirants as well as the contract teachers) on merit basis can be appointed as the assistant professors to fill up the posts. As for those contract teachers who are unable to clear the exam, their contracts can be terminated. Simple as that.
• It's shocking that even in 2025, backdoor appointees are getting selected for regularised jobs while those who are studying to give the NPSC exams and compete to get a job are being denied their right. It is grossly unjust that these 147 posts were not advertised for thousands of young qualified individuals out here to compete for in a fair manner.
• I've done my PG and have cleaned NET as well. If they terminate, 11 posts of my subject will be created and I'll have a fair chance to compete n appear for the exam. So why not! They didn't appear for any exam and got through.
• Parallel functioning does not justify bypassing procedure. The fact that NPSC recruitments "continued independently" is irrelevant. Two wrongs don't make a right: allowing a parallel non-merit system to grow alongside the merit-based system only weakens the latter. Supplementing vacancies without competitive exams still violates the principle of fair opportunity for all qualified candidates. Years of service cannot replace merit-based entry. The teachers' long service is commendable, but length of service cannot replace open competition as the legitimate way to secure a permanent post. If hardship alone were a qualification, it would open the door to regularizing all contractual or temporary staff everywhere, regardless of merit or eligibility. And they were compensated for their service. They were paid a salary. No one owes them anything.
• Regularising them would be absolutely unconstitutional and a violation of our rights. Some department hardly advertise 1 post through NPSC CESE and there are hundreds of elite and qualified students who aspires to become an Asst professor and if the government regularise them, those department which has scare vacancy would not even get a SINGLE VACANCY through NPSC CESE and may even take another 7-8 years to create vacancy. Loss of time and denying recruitment through meritocracy is an absolute injustice. FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL APPOINTMENT
• Replacing contractual teacher appointments with open competitive exams ensures merit-based selection, transparency and equal opportunity. It enhances the quality of education by recruiting qualified and competent candidates. Competitive exams uphold fairness, reduce favoritism and promote accountability, ultimately improving teaching standards and benefiting students across the education system.
• So many of us waiting for an opportunity, all the pain and sweat to clear NET exams just to sit and wait for posts which are infact taken by these contract working people with all the political backing. So unfair and this for a future of not one or two but in terms of thousands of people.
• The Contractual teachers cannot be regularise based on the grounds that they have serve a period. They also know very well that they are recruited only for a specified period or till the post is filled through NPSC CESE. The posts should be out in the open for free and fair recruitment for all deserving candidates and not for those who came in through other doors.
• The disparity is striking: some contractual employees transitioned to regular positions without meeting basic qualifications like NET clearance, raising questions about fairness and meritocracy in hiring practices.
• The people working hard to secure a govt. job being deprived of their right to even compete for the said posts in a fair manner are reprehensible. It is a breach of our fundamental right, Article 16 ensures equality of opportunity in terms of employment.
• There is no shortcut in life. Politicians or higher bureaucrats cannot simply recommend a person to hold a position with a "Downward Filtration Policy" to teach another person how to succeed in life. This process is the sole reason why Nagaland is still far behind in Education to start with.
• These contract lecturers are not even selected fairly to start with. Without proper public notice, the senior permanent lecturers personally call up their contacts to teach in contract. So, they out of all people don't deserve to be regularised without proper exam.
• This approach ensures a more merit-based selection process, promotes transparency, and fosters a sense of fairness among potential candidates. Also, it can lead to a more qualified and motivated teaching workforce.
• To uphold equality of opportunity guaranteed in Art 16 as well as follow UGC and other guidelines set for such recruitments (proper recruitment procedures, processes, rules, meritocracy etc) and stand against unfair and biased appointments, nepotism, favouritism, corruption etc.
• Transparency, fairness, right to equal opportunity and meritocracy has to be the foundation of education as that is what is taught. Practice what is been taught in theory and only then can education will be worthwhile not only for the present generation but also for the upcoming generations
• We clearly see the open corruption in the name of absorption. Such malpractice in education system or in any department is grossly unethical and people's faith in democracy is at stake. We elect the minister for our welfare not to decide our future.
• What is the use of all these competitive exams when there is an easier way of getting through backdoor via contractual process and then get it regularized after some years? Such kind of nepotism and bending rules to favor a few should be done away with. Recruitment through only competitive exams is the only acceptable solution. Period
• When 147 posts are regularised without due process, it doesn't just break rules—it shatters dreams. Aspirants who believe in merit, hard work, and transparency are left disillusioned. This is not just an administrative lapse; it's a betrayal of the future. When nepotism trumps meritocracy.
• When education is compromised our future is doomed!! And to get the best students we need the best, qualified teachers doing the job. Which in this case, the educators have illegally occupied this position bypassing all the formalities.
• Yes, 100%. Are we lacking any qualified candidates for the jobs? No, there are thousands of qualified candidates waiting in the queue to be recruited, just hoping and praying when the advertisement will be notified. The recruitment process should be fair and square and everyone should get equal opportunity.
• Yes, because open competitive exams for teacher recruitment will promote merit, transparency, and long-term stability in the education system. However, the transition must be carefully managed to avoid disruptions and ensure inclusivity. The government’s failure to conduct exams and instead appoint contractual teachers based on arbitrary or politically influenced criteria devalues the efforts of aspirants who have invested in rigorous preparation. Competitive exams restore transparency and ensure that appointments are based on ability, addressing the injustice faced by aspirants whose efforts are ignored. Recognizing the effort candidates put into preparation aligns with the goal of building a committed, high-quality teaching workforce. Contractual appointments can serve as a temporary measure in emergencies but should not bypass the rigorous, merit-based process that values aspirants’ hard work.
No:
• I strongly oppose holding a competitive exam to replace contractual teacher appointments. Instead, I wholeheartedly support absorbing these dedicated educators into permanent positions. As a student, I've witnessed their passion, expertise, and tireless efforts exceed those of regularized teachers.
• Notably, those questioning their appointment likely benefited from their teaching in the past. These contractual teachers have shaped many students' educational journeys, and their dedication and expertise warrant recognition and reward.
• The government had availed their service in public interest, so they should be considered for regularisation in recognition of their service rendered, denial will create a problem for the govt and the individual concern. They are all our brothers and sisters. The government had streamlined the process of appointment, we should agree to it.
• With over a decade of experience, they've built strong relationships with students and mastered the curriculum. Their contributions are invaluable, and recognizing their efforts would acknowledge their hard work and motivate others. These teachers deserve stability and security, enabling them to continue serving our education system with continuity and preserving institutional knowledge.
Others:
• The government should consider completely phasing out contract-based appointments. This system not only creates numerous challenges but also disrupts the long-term career prospects of its citizens—both for those currently working on a contractual basis and for aspiring candidates. Contract jobs often resemble a disposable employment model, which undermines the skill development and stability that educated youth need, especially considering that not everyone can secure a permanent government position.
• What about the recent regularisation and promotion of 10 non-NPSC Class-1 gazetted officers by Department Of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Govt of Nagaland vide notification NO.AHV/Confirm/Conversion/2004-05/III dated 9th July, 2024
• Yes, recruitment through open competitive exams is the fairest way forward. It makes sure transparency, equal opportunity, and upholds merit core values of a credible education system in the state. But on the other hand, the contributions of contractual assistant professors can’t be ignored too. Many have served for years under difficult conditions. A sudden removal would be unjust. A fair solution would be to conduct competitive exams but give these teachers certain benefits like bonus marks or age relaxation to recognize their experience without compromising merit. So, yes, a fair solution is to build a bridge, hold open exams, but grant contractual teachers benefits like bonus marks or age relaxation for a fair and inclusive recruitment process that respects both merit and experience.
• Those who have been appointed prior to June 2016 may be regularised but on the condition that they do not seek for seniority. Their date of appointment should be considered only at the time they were regularised.
