EARN TO LEARN SCHEME

Code (SSF-102)

 

Under this scheme, AIOU provides opportunities to its poor and needy students to work and earn, acquire skills and job experience. The main objective of this scheme is to encourage and assist its students in pursuit of higher studies. The Scheme is a great source of helping the needy students for timely meeting of their Financial Constraints. It may neither be taken a source of income or substitute for employment nor a Faculty Program and area specific brand but only for sustainability of poor/needy students

 

ELIGIBILITY

 

The students registered with AIOU w.e.f. 2^nd semester are eligible to be engaged under this scheme for specific job/assignment for specific period. The students will stand eligible subject to the confirmation of Admission by Admission Department. Depositing of Fee in 2^nd semester and showing of Fee receipt does not meet the requirement.

 

MAXIMUM WORKING HOUR

 

There will be 160 maximum working hours in a calendar month.

The rates of remuneration applicable for different categories for students are hereunder:

*Rate of payment for Holidays/Sundays will be Rs. 350/- per day of attendance.

 

Duration of the Semester: (Period during which student can be engaged)

 

i)             Normally the students are engaged under this scheme for specific time and for specific job as mentioned in prescribed form. However, engagement will be as per given schedule for facilitation of payment in Financial Year.

 

 

ii)            Internee shall be engaged for 3 to 4 months for each semester subject to fulfilling criteria prescribed in the draft policy.

 

iii)           Dual benefits shall not be allowed in any case. One student will be entertained for one scheme at a time.

 

iv)           To rationalize the engagement of the students under the scheme, Director Student Affairs with the collaboration of Registrar office will develop a performa. Each department of administration, serving and faculty shall submit the request of internee on the prescribed performa to Director Student Affairs.

 

v)            In Order to centralize the proceedings of the system and to cater the HR needs of Regions / Head Quarter, the budget allocated to this scheme as per formula of Management Board, will be kept at the disposal of Director Student Affairs. All such payments for students engaged under this scheme either in Regions or at Head Quarter will be made out of this budget in future in a calendar year to manage the funds properly.

 

vi)           The Regions / Departments at Head Quarter after moving their request under Earn to Learn Scheme in favour of any student to DSA are requested not to engage them till the e-mail / intimation received from DSA Department.

 

vii)         In case a student has obtained fee concession under AIOU Employees Children scheme he/she will not be entitled to be engaged in Earn to Learn Scheme.

 

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

 

1)        The Department (Main Campus) if to engage a student under Earn to learn program under unavoidable circumstances will prepare a case and forward to DSA mentioning specific job description and justification of hiring internees along with detail of existing staff available in the department. The Head / Chairperson of Academic Departments will route their cases through concerned DEAN faculty. For this purpose a committee may be constituted at Main Campus with the approval of Vice Chancellor to assess the deserving students to be engaged.

 

2)         The Regional offices will route their case(s) through DRS to DSA, mentioning specific job description and justification of hiring internees along with detail of existing staff available in the Regional office. DSA will include the name of internees in the data and inform the RD’s accordingly.

 

3)         The Committee constituted for assessing the deserving cases at Main Campus will send their recommended cases to DSA and DSA will include the name in the data and inform the concerned accordingly.

 

4)         The Directorate of SA & CS will be responsible to maintain the record of all such students engaged under Earn to Learn Scheme.  The Directorate shall process the bills of remuneration on the recommendation of concerned Head.

 

5)         The students who have not taken full course load of the semester shall be ineligible to work under SSF – 102 at AIOU.  The students taking admission in Certificate or diploma courses may not be considered for engagement under Earn to Learn Scheme.

 

6)         The students will be required to submit their result card for continuation/ renewal after every semester.  Those who could not qualify/pass 50% course(s) not the credit hours. Their engagement to work on Earn to Learn will be suspended on declaration of result.  However, they can be engaged in upcoming semesters on qualifying/passing the reappeared/failed courses.

 

7)         Once the facility availed by a student in one program, he/she will have no right for the facility in other programs of equal status.  However, he can be engaged in next higher program subject to fulfilment of prescribed requirements.

 

8)         The maximum number of working hours per week will be Forty (40) and maximum duration of engagement shall be determined by the HOD/RD during the semesters one is being engaged. 

 

9)         The student engagement will be for a semester. After every semester his/her engagement will be renewed as per criteria mentioned at clause 1 to 3. 

 

10)       Upon issuance of date sheet the students will be disengaged by the department / region concerned and report to this effect will be furnished to Directorate of SA&CS.  There will be no financial liability on part of the university, if any of the student kept engaged beyond the prescribed academic period of concerned semester.

 

11)       Audit office will observe the above policy guidelines in admitting the payment claims.