Transfer medical faculties without causing staff shortage: NMC tells states

NMC has directed the state's medical education department to transfer GMCs' teachers to other colleges in a way that the college from which the teacher is being transferred doesn't grapple with staff shortage. This rule came into force long ago but many colleges in the state reportedly still do not have this system.

National Medical Commission (NMC) has cautioned the Department of Medical Education in all states and union territories that the faculty members serving at a given medical college would not be considered employed at other medical colleges in the same academic year. 

NMC observed that faculty members were being transferred from one government medical college to another to fulfil the faculty requirement just before the inspection. 

Due to a shortage of medical teachers, faculty members serving at a medical college are shown employed at another college before the inspection of the second college to fulfil the requirement for the grant of approval, said NMC.

Against this practice, the Commission has warned the Department of medical education in all states and union territories.

"It has been brought to the attention of the Medical Assessment and Ratings Board, NMC, that transfers of faculties are being made in government medical colleges for the purpose of fulfilling teaching/faculty requirements before the inspection by the board," said NMC, as reported by Tribune India.

NMC also noticed that many writ petitions are filed in various high courts against such practices by the faculties who were transferred. These petitioners alleged that their transfer would result in deficiency at the first medical college.

"Once a faculty for one academic year has been counted in a medical college, the same faculty cannot be accepted as a faculty of another medical college in the same academic year," said the Commission, adding that the faculty is required to make a declaration to this effect.

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