CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University (TNTEU) has replaced its registrar in-charge following allegations of irregularities in the affiliation inspection process for private teacher education colleges.
According to an official notification issued on October 26, Dr. K. Rajasekaran was relieved of the post of registrar in-charge and Prof. M. Kanmani, dean of the Department of Educational Technology, was appointed in his place with effect from the same day.
The change comes after Arappor Iyakkam submitted a detailed complaint to the government on October 1, alleging serious discrepancies in affiliation inspections conducted during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years.
The organisation, which welcomed the replacement, said the government had indicated that the allegations would be investigated.
Deccan Chronicle had reported on May 22, 2024, under the headline ‘Delay in edu varsity issuing marksheets, certificates’, the difficulties faced by B.Ed. students due to prolonged delays in receiving their mark sheets and provisional certificates.
The latest Arappor Iyakkam complaint, based on documents obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, covers 74 private teacher education colleges and questions the authenticity of inspection records submitted for affiliation.
According to Arappor Iyakkam, certain professors were shown as inspecting multiple colleges in different districts on the same day. In one instance, an inspection convenor was recorded as having visited five colleges on March 29, 2023, across districts including Perambalur, Tiruvallur, Thoothukudi and Tiruchy, involving an estimated combined distance of 560 km.
In another instance, a committee member was shown as participating in inspections at K.N. Subbaraj Memorial College in Thoothukudi and Indian College of Education in Vellore on March 28, 2023, although the institutions are around 500 km apart.
The complaint also cited similar instances in the 2024-25 records, where the same inspection officials were listed as visiting two colleges on a single day.
Arappor Iyakkam further flagged faculty records, alleging that 37 persons with identical names or initials were listed against 222 faculty positions across colleges. It has sought verification to establish whether institutions had submitted details of fictitious or dummy faculty members to obtain affiliation.
Welcoming the registrar’s replacement, the organisation demanded a comprehensive and transparent investigation, including legal action against college managements that allegedly submitted false faculty details and inspection committees that approved them.
Arappor Iyakkam urged the government and the university to disclose the status and findings of the investigation, stressing that the credibility of institutions responsible for training teachers must be protected.
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