Principals’ association seeks UGC pay scales

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 2

The Principals’ Association of Non-Government Affiliated Colleges of Guru Nanak Dev University has demanded implementation of the 7th Pay Commission.

In a meeting held at Lyallpur Khalsa College here on Tuesday, the association president and college Principal Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra said the 7th Pay Commission had been implemented in 27 states of the country except Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. He appealed to the government to declare implementation of 7th Pay Commission with all its arrears in the forthcoming Budget session of the state Assembly. The association also opposed the Punjab Government’s decision to de-link Punjab pay scales from UGC pay scales.

Dr Samra said education in colleges was completely governed under the UGC and MHRD guidelines and guiding principles and standards for the working of educational institutions were administered by bodies such as the UGC and NAAC. He demanded the revocation of delinking decision and implementation of UGC pay scales from January 1, 2016, in the larger interest of the education sector in Punjab.