Government college teachers to donate day’s salary to State

Decision taken to tackle spread of COVID-19

26/03/2020, STAFF REPORTER,CHENNAI

The Tamil Nadu Government College Teachers’ Association (TNGCTA) has decided to donate a day’s salary of all its members to the State government for its fight against COVID-19.

T. Veeramani, president, TNGCTA, said that the association had more than 5,000 members. “Tamil Nadu and the entire country is facing a health and economic crisis of an unprecedented nature. Hence, we decided unanimously to make the contribution,” he said.He added that the association was sending a letter to the CM and the Higher Education Minister to take steps to deduct a day’s salary from its members.S. Suresh, joint secretary (general), TNGCTA, said that the association was willing to fully cooperate with the government in fighting the contagion.