Karnataka govt. paves the way for recruitment of JOC lecturers'

Udupi, March 21: Karnataka Government recently has passed a bill to enable the recruitment of lecturers of Job Orient Courses (JOC), to different government departments, said MLC Ganesh Karnik.

Government had withdrawn the JOC from the academic year 2010-11 and closed all the 590 JOC centers in the state. Over 3,700 lecturers had lost their jobs earning them a monthly salary of around Rs 4000.

Speaking to reporters here on Sunday Karnik said that with the passing of the bill 3,246 lecturers, with over five years experience at the JOC would be recruited at different government departments, including education department, based on their educational qualifications. Their salary would also be fixed based on their qualification. Their previous service at the JOC would not be considered and lecturers had also agreed for this, Karnik said adding that though their previous job did not qualify them for the Cadre and Recruitment Rules, their new job would certainly qualify them for the C&R Rules.