Tuesday, June 4, 2019

UGC pay: AUT appreciates ‘swift’ action

TIRUCHI, JUNE 04, 2019 00:00 IST

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) on Monday thanked the Principal Secretary for Higher Education for ‘swift’ intervention on the issue of new UGC pay for 31 regular teachers of the erstwhile constituent colleges of Bharathidasan University (BDU).

According to a communication from AUT, the Principal Secretary has agreed to initially award the benefits under Career Advancement Scheme and subsequently implement the new UGC pay scales. Blaming the BDU for the delay in providing the benefits to the 31 teachers, S. Gandhi, AUT, Tiruchi, Zonal Secretary, said the organisation was constrained to send SMS en masse to the Principal Secretary of Higher Education in pursuit of swift action on the issue, and regretted for the inconvenience caused. According to BDU sources, the government had, while deciding to convert the constituent units into Government Arts and Science Colleges, instructed the university to treat the status of these teachers as staff under deputation.

No comments:

Post a Comment

NEWS TODAY 2.5.2024