Fri Nov 22 19:15:35 UTC 2024: ## Anna University Recants Controversial Outsourcing Policy After Backlash

**CHENNAI, November 23, 2024** – Anna University has retracted a portion of a controversial internal circular that sparked outrage after it appeared to mandate the outsourcing of teaching staff. The initial circular, released Thursday, stated that all departments needed university permission to hire temporary teaching and non-teaching staff, requiring the use of manpower agencies and stipulating that salaries be covered by project funds. It further suggested the reallocation of surplus temporary staff.

Following criticism from a political party which condemned the apparent move to “lease” teachers, the university issued a second circular Friday clarifying that the policy only applied to *non-teaching* temporary staff on daily wages or consolidated pay. The registrar attributed the initial inclusion of “teaching” staff to an error. The university maintains it never intended to outsource the hiring of teaching faculty.

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