Teachers seek regular jobs, hold stir

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 15

Teachers associated with the Punjab & Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union staged a protest at Arya College on Friday. They blamed the college management committee for not regularising their posts.

Professor Kuldeep Batta, president, PCCTU, Ludhiana, said the Cabinet has regularised the services of 127 assistant professors working in various government-aided colleges in Punjab, but the 18 assistant professors working in Arya College, Ludhiana have not been regularised.

“The college management concerned has failed to complete the process of regularisation of the teachers appointed against 1,925 grant-in-aid post, inspite of many requests, letters and reminders. Most of the colleges of Punjab have regularised these teachers after the completion of three years of contract period as per government policy. They are receiving full salaries and even the arrears have been credited into their accounts. But 18 teachers of Arya College are still forced to work on a meagre salary of Rs 21,600”, he said.

Prof Batta said, “In lieu of the adamant attitude adopted by Arya College Management Committee, the teachers of the college held protest on 9th January but our demands have not been met till date. If the management kept the same attitude the protest will take more extreme and revolutionary turn in future and any type of loss to any of the Assistant Professors working on these posts will be the sole responsibility of Arya College Managing Committee.”