Chandigarh, December 16
Office-bearers of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) today met Punjab Education Minister S Sikander Singh Maluka.
The minister instructed the Education Department to clear the pending grants by December 31, 2013.
Professor Iqbal Preet Kaur, convener, PCCTU, lauded the decision of the minister to set-up a committee under the DPI to re-look into the execution of the API scheme, which will result in the total stagnation in the careers of the teachers working in the universities and the colleges of Punjab.
She also said the minister had asked the Education Department to speed up the process of granting exemption in refresher and orientation courses to the teachers working in aided colleges up to December 31, 2013, as allowed by the UGC.
He also agreed to take up matter of increasing the retirement age of aided college teachers to 62 years with the Punjab Chief minister.
Dr PS Gill, president, PCCTU, said the government was ready to lift ban on recruitments. He also said a committee had been formed today to review the number of posts in the government aided colleges of Punjab since the number of students in the colleges had increased four times since 1981 but the number of posts of aided teachers had remained the same.
He said the minister had formed a committee to look for a scheme to grant pension to the aided college teachers.
Dr Kuldip Singh, General Secretary, PCCTU, said the minster had asked the Education Department to immediately start the process for the inclusion of unaided teachers under the umbrella of the Punjab Affiliated Colleges Security of Service Act, 1974.
He had given the department a fortnight to accomplish this task and put an end to this injustice once and for all.
The minister has asked the Education Department to speed up the process of granting exemption in refresher and orientation courses to the teachers working in aided colleges up to December 31, 2013, as allowed by the UGC.
—Professor Iqbal Preet Kaur, convener, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union
Office-bearers of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) today met Punjab Education Minister S Sikander Singh Maluka.
The minister instructed the Education Department to clear the pending grants by December 31, 2013.
Professor Iqbal Preet Kaur, convener, PCCTU, lauded the decision of the minister to set-up a committee under the DPI to re-look into the execution of the API scheme, which will result in the total stagnation in the careers of the teachers working in the universities and the colleges of Punjab.
She also said the minister had asked the Education Department to speed up the process of granting exemption in refresher and orientation courses to the teachers working in aided colleges up to December 31, 2013, as allowed by the UGC.
He also agreed to take up matter of increasing the retirement age of aided college teachers to 62 years with the Punjab Chief minister.
Dr PS Gill, president, PCCTU, said the government was ready to lift ban on recruitments. He also said a committee had been formed today to review the number of posts in the government aided colleges of Punjab since the number of students in the colleges had increased four times since 1981 but the number of posts of aided teachers had remained the same.
He said the minister had formed a committee to look for a scheme to grant pension to the aided college teachers.
Dr Kuldip Singh, General Secretary, PCCTU, said the minster had asked the Education Department to immediately start the process for the inclusion of unaided teachers under the umbrella of the Punjab Affiliated Colleges Security of Service Act, 1974.
He had given the department a fortnight to accomplish this task and put an end to this injustice once and for all.
The minister has asked the Education Department to speed up the process of granting exemption in refresher and orientation courses to the teachers working in aided colleges up to December 31, 2013, as allowed by the UGC.
—Professor Iqbal Preet Kaur, convener, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union
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