Leadership In-chargeism in HEIs
In-charge is an interesting hyphenation, particularly when it comes designate positions. It says that the person concerned is in charge of a role or a responsibility but not exactly! In my part of the world it represents temporariness. A principal in-charge or a Department Head in-charge is a person who is temporarily assigned to hold that seat and the reasons may vary. Either because a better fit is on the way or the one given the 'charge' is too young to be anointed as the one to really take charge. Though at times there is a possibility in the air that the in-charge will be regularised removing the 'In-charge' tag, it is not always the case. Many put in diligent hours as they are supposedly on the way to 'full-charge' only to realise that the goalpost has been shifted when they got close enough. This tendency to put people 'in-charge' at the high leadership positions is done in many HEIs for monetary reasons. The idea is to pick a young person with s