Not paid for 6 months, Thiruvalluvar univ guest lecturers demand dues

Not paid for 6 months, Thiruvalluvar univ guest lecturers demand dues

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:22.05.2021 

Around 25 guest lecturers working at Thiruvalluvar University’s Post Graduate Extension Centre in Villupuram are yet to receive the salary for six months from April to October 2020. They urged chief minister M K Stalin to direct the university officials to release the pending salary immediately.

The state government had issued orders to the universities and colleges to give salary to guest lecturers from April to October 2020. As per the order, the directorate of collegiate education and universities have released the pending salary for all the guest lecturers.

“Despite repeated pleas, the university is yet to disburse the salary for April. Some of the guest lecturers who are yet to receive April month’s salary are working as sales executives. The chief minister should direct the university officials to release our pending salary,” a guest lecturer from the college said.

The PG Extension Centre, which was started in 2010-11, was being run by the guest lecturers. At present, there are seven departments offering postgraduate courses and more than 200 students are pursuing the courses.

“The state government also increased the salary for guest lecturers from ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 with effect from January 2020. When other guest lecturers are receiving their hiked salary and also got arrears, Thiruvalluvar University is yet to increase our pay,” another faculty member said.

Around 200 guest faculty members from six constituent colleges of Thiruvalluvar University also have two months salary dues for June and July 2020.

“These colleges were converted from constituent colleges to government colleges around two years ago. But the university continues to handle salaries. The guest faculty members are also complaining that the university officials are not responding to their demand,” said V Thangaraj, state president of Tamil Nadu All Government Colleges UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers Association.

Despite the attempts, officials from Thiruvalluvar University were not available for comment.