Dear Fellow Professionals and teachers,

 

With all due respect to Rajasekharan Sir, i beg to differ.  

 

If someone enhances their qualification it is generally good for the organisation where he/she is employed. That is the major reason why world over employers encourage staff to undertake studies.

 

Doing part time studies arise out of necessity. People opt for part time course because you have to take care of a family as well as you really wish to enhance your knowledge. You have to work had for a full time course. For part time course you are expected to work even harder. If the employer and the guide are completely satisfied i believe there is no reason why someone hoping to gain knowledge should be prevented from that.
 

Perhaps we should gather the opinion of employers and teachers regarding this.

 

Regards

V Sriram
Technical Services Executive
LibSys Corporation
Mob: +91 9447251892
 

On 7/14/08, Rajan <rajankila@hotmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision not
to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD.
If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration
and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job.
When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job
for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job,
there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which
are not good at all.

Regards,

K Rajasekharan
Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA)
Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India
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Message: 2
Dear LIS Forum Members
Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those
who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential
factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the
working professionals either directly or indirectly for  further learning.
However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order
No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD
registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for
registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As
a result of this,  the working people have to either take leave for doing
PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all.
I hope that all librarian fraternity  take up this issue seriously and
comment on this so that  the higher up can come to know of it and change for
the better.

Eldho Joy E
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