Varsity staff submit petitions
The Tiruvalluvar University Employees Union submitted a petition to
Governor Banwarilal Purohit seeking action against “rampant corruption”
in the university.
I. Elangovan, honorary president of the union, said the university had awarded tenders for examination work to the same company six times since November 2013.
It had again given the work to the company without calling for tenders for the November-December 2017 semester examination works.
“About Rs. 17.5 crore has been spent for the seven semester examinations,” he said.
He alleged that the 65 university employees were not reinstated despite a court direction. Though the university disbursed salaries to the employees, they were not reinstated, he said.
“In their place, nearly 53 persons have been recruited on contract basis. This has led to double expenditure. When the dismissed employees were working in the office of the Controller of Examinations, Rs. 13,00,000 was spent for each semester examination, while by outsourcing the work to a private firm, the university was spending Rs. 2.46 crore for each semester examination,” he said.
In another petition, he said that of the 7,000 teachers working in the 112 affiliated colleges of Tiruvalluvar University, 5,154 teachers did not possess SET, NET, Ph.D qualifications.
“The answer scripts are being evaluated by teachers who are not qualified,” he added. He said that the Governor assured him that the petitions would be forwarded to the Principal Secretary of Higher Education.
A number of farmers submitted petitions to the Governor. A.C. Venkatesan, farmer and Palar activist, urged him to implement the long-pending Thenpennai-Palar river link project.
He appealed to him to make an announcement to implement the project in the coming budget session, allot required funds and execute the project that will serve as a lifeline for the northern districts.
The Thamizhaga Vivasaigal Sangam urged Mr. Purohit to take measures to order sugar mills to pay the arrears for three years to cane growers and waive bank loans to farmers.
I. Elangovan, honorary president of the union, said the university had awarded tenders for examination work to the same company six times since November 2013.
It had again given the work to the company without calling for tenders for the November-December 2017 semester examination works.
“About Rs. 17.5 crore has been spent for the seven semester examinations,” he said.
He alleged that the 65 university employees were not reinstated despite a court direction. Though the university disbursed salaries to the employees, they were not reinstated, he said.
“In their place, nearly 53 persons have been recruited on contract basis. This has led to double expenditure. When the dismissed employees were working in the office of the Controller of Examinations, Rs. 13,00,000 was spent for each semester examination, while by outsourcing the work to a private firm, the university was spending Rs. 2.46 crore for each semester examination,” he said.
In another petition, he said that of the 7,000 teachers working in the 112 affiliated colleges of Tiruvalluvar University, 5,154 teachers did not possess SET, NET, Ph.D qualifications.
“The answer scripts are being evaluated by teachers who are not qualified,” he added. He said that the Governor assured him that the petitions would be forwarded to the Principal Secretary of Higher Education.
A number of farmers submitted petitions to the Governor. A.C. Venkatesan, farmer and Palar activist, urged him to implement the long-pending Thenpennai-Palar river link project.
He appealed to him to make an announcement to implement the project in the coming budget session, allot required funds and execute the project that will serve as a lifeline for the northern districts.
The Thamizhaga Vivasaigal Sangam urged Mr. Purohit to take measures to order sugar mills to pay the arrears for three years to cane growers and waive bank loans to farmers.
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