Medical college teachers unpaid for four months
KOCHI, MAY 25, 2019 00:00 IST
Unfair treatment:Although it’s been six years since the government took over the medical college, major issues such as protecting the service and pay of the staff have not been resolved yet.
Procedural delays holding up integration of faculty into government service
Nearly half the number of faculty members at the Government Medical College, Ernakulam, have not been receiving their salaries for the past four months.
While procedural delays are holding up the integration of the staff into the Directorate of Medical Education, the 70-odd faculty members are the ones bearing the brunt of the process.
Six years after the government took over the quasi-government institution functioning under the Ministry of Co-operation’s Cooperative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE), integration issues continue to be bothersome.
The integration of the faculty had run into problems and several rounds of discussion were held to resolve them.
Still, the major issues of protecting the service and pay of the staff have not been resolved yet. The faculty members who were severely affected by this are considering moving court in this regard. “We had already approached the court in an earlier case. The government had given assurances on protecting the service on many occasions, but the final direction in this regard says otherwise”, said a senior faculty member, who had been working from the day the medical college was founded in 2000.
“Loss of service means that the 13 years spent in the medical college would go blank in one’s career,” said another faculty member.
“It is gross injustice to a person’s life and work experience.” The process of incorporating the salary structure into the government process has also been delayed with only a few receiving pay slips from the Accountant General’s office. A service book maintained in the college was taken to the AG’s office in January and ever since, no salaries have been paid to the faculty members. “We were told that the January salary would be given this month, but nothing has happened so far,” said the faculty member.
“Many among us are living on credit as our bank balances have run out”, said another on the staff. Since it was the case of doctors, no one was interested in making it an issue, they said. As nearly 80% of the teaching staff are women, they remain silent for fear of being branded as “troublemakers”.
KOCHI, MAY 25, 2019 00:00 IST
Unfair treatment:Although it’s been six years since the government took over the medical college, major issues such as protecting the service and pay of the staff have not been resolved yet.
Procedural delays holding up integration of faculty into government service
Nearly half the number of faculty members at the Government Medical College, Ernakulam, have not been receiving their salaries for the past four months.
While procedural delays are holding up the integration of the staff into the Directorate of Medical Education, the 70-odd faculty members are the ones bearing the brunt of the process.
Six years after the government took over the quasi-government institution functioning under the Ministry of Co-operation’s Cooperative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE), integration issues continue to be bothersome.
The integration of the faculty had run into problems and several rounds of discussion were held to resolve them.
Still, the major issues of protecting the service and pay of the staff have not been resolved yet. The faculty members who were severely affected by this are considering moving court in this regard. “We had already approached the court in an earlier case. The government had given assurances on protecting the service on many occasions, but the final direction in this regard says otherwise”, said a senior faculty member, who had been working from the day the medical college was founded in 2000.
“Loss of service means that the 13 years spent in the medical college would go blank in one’s career,” said another faculty member.
“It is gross injustice to a person’s life and work experience.” The process of incorporating the salary structure into the government process has also been delayed with only a few receiving pay slips from the Accountant General’s office. A service book maintained in the college was taken to the AG’s office in January and ever since, no salaries have been paid to the faculty members. “We were told that the January salary would be given this month, but nothing has happened so far,” said the faculty member.
“Many among us are living on credit as our bank balances have run out”, said another on the staff. Since it was the case of doctors, no one was interested in making it an issue, they said. As nearly 80% of the teaching staff are women, they remain silent for fear of being branded as “troublemakers”.
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