Chandigarh, January 28
The Punjab College Teachers’ Association has condemned the police action against guest faculty in Bathinda yesterday.
Nearly 45 lecturers had gone to Bathinda to protest, demanding salaries from the state treasury, 10 per cent annual
increment, provision of dearness allowance, and being engaged for the entire year. As the lecturers were told not to protest, they held a meeting with Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal. Since the talks failed, they marched towards the DC’s office and, from there they were whisked away in buses.
“They (lecturers) were pushed around and then detained,” Association President Jaipal Singh said, adding that the Punjab Government was not allowing the lecturers to hold demonstrations peacefully, what to talk about fulfilling the promises made to them during the last assembly elections.
“The guest faulty lecturers are paid ~10,000 per month and that, too, from the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) fund, which is taken from students at the time of the admission,” Singh said.
“The government promised us (lecturers) to pay salaries from the state treasury with 10 per cent increase per annum. We are, however, paid from the PTA fund,” a lecturer said.
The Punjab College Teachers’ Association has condemned the police action against guest faculty in Bathinda yesterday.
Nearly 45 lecturers had gone to Bathinda to protest, demanding salaries from the state treasury, 10 per cent annual
increment, provision of dearness allowance, and being engaged for the entire year. As the lecturers were told not to protest, they held a meeting with Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal. Since the talks failed, they marched towards the DC’s office and, from there they were whisked away in buses.
“They (lecturers) were pushed around and then detained,” Association President Jaipal Singh said, adding that the Punjab Government was not allowing the lecturers to hold demonstrations peacefully, what to talk about fulfilling the promises made to them during the last assembly elections.
“The guest faulty lecturers are paid ~10,000 per month and that, too, from the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) fund, which is taken from students at the time of the admission,” Singh said.
“The government promised us (lecturers) to pay salaries from the state treasury with 10 per cent increase per annum. We are, however, paid from the PTA fund,” a lecturer said.
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