Guest Lecturers Seek Regularisation After New Hiring Order

GUEST lecturers across Karnataka are raising concerns over the Department of Collegiate Education's recent notification inviting new applications for the 2025-26 academic year.

- GAYATHRI M KURUP @ Bengaluru

Many lecturers, who have been serving in the same roles for several years, say they are being pushed aside, despite their long-standing service to higher education.

According to members of the State First Grade Colleges Guest Lecturers' Welfare Association, the department has issued recruitment calls 4-5 times in the 2024-25 academic year alone, ignoring existing lecturers who have already proven their merit. They argue that the state government is justifying fresh appointments, even though the Supreme Court has allowed regularisation of long-serving temporary staff in various other rulings.