Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (PFUCTO) to observe “Save Higher Education Day” on NOV 30
चंडीगढ़ ; NOV. 27TH : ALPHA NEWS INDIA ;——On the call given by the All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (AIFUCTO), all affiliate members of the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations (PFUCTO) will join a countrywide protest against the recently announced 7th UGC Pay Scale notification for university & college teachers. The notification is being viewed by the teaching community as being incomplete, vague and full of omissions that are detrimental to the interests of the teachers at large.
A state wide “Save Higher Education Day” will be observed on November 30, 2017 with a sit in dharna staged by all units in their respective institutions. Teachers will organize signature campaigns in support of their demands/grievances. This will be later followed by a protest Rally against the apathetic attitude of the Govt. on December 12, 2017 at Chandigarh.
Dr. Jagwant Singh, general secretary of the PFUCTO, said, ‘Teachers all over the country have been left aghast at the indifferent attitude of the govt. towards higher education. The GOI has willfully reduced the assistance for implementation of the new pay scales from the earlier 80% for 51 months, to just 50% for only 39 months. Considering the reduction of percentage and the duration of assistance (01.01.2016 to 31.03.2019), the central assistance will work out to only 1/3 of the assistance extended by the Central Government during all the earlier pay revisions whereas the AIFUCTO has been consistently demanding 100% assistance for 10 full years so that the implementation of pay scales to college and university teachers will be uniform in all states.’
He added, ‘The notification has downgraded teaching and research. Important categories of teachers likeTutor/Demonstrator, self-financing/ad-hoc/guest lecturers have been left out, incentive increments for research have been scrapped, Assistant Professor Scales have been minimized, allowances revision postponed, CAS promotions delayed and even denied, previous anomalies not rectified, Associate Professors and Professors will stagnate early, and Grade II principals status has been lowered, among a host of other issues.’