Haryana Teachers Resigned from Additional Assignments

University teachers in Haryana today resigned en masse from additional assignments held by them in protest against the failure of the state government to implement the new UGC scales in totality. They also continued their strike.

A spokesperson for the teachers said here today that senior teachers of all universities today resigned from the assignments they held in addition to their original posts. These included posts of chairman, proctor, hostel warden and dean. Kurukshetra University teachers had quit such posts yesterday.
He said teaching remained suspended in all universities and teachers staged dharnas on their respective campuses.
Rakesh Lohchab, president of the GJU Teachers Association, said the teachers would make up the academic loss to students as and when teaching resumed. He appealed to various sections of society to support the university teachers’ agitation.
He sought the intervention by the Governor and the Chief Minister in resolving the crisis.

KURUKSHETRA: Supporting the demands of university and college teachers, INLD state president Ashok Arora said here on Tuesday that it was a matter of pity that the teachers were compelled to take to the streets for getting their demands accepted.
Arora demanded that the teachers should be granted the UGC scale

SIRSA: Teachers of Chaudhary Devi Lal University here on Tuesday submitted their resignations from additional assignments being handled by them.
The teachers, who have been on strike for the past one week, submitted their resignations through a joint note to the university authorities.
“As many as 26 senior teachers of the ranks of Professor, Reader and Lecturer have resigned from 62 additional assignments,” said Dr Deepti Dharmani, Reader in the department of English and spokesperson for the striking teachers.
The teachers have also decided that they will not attend meetings of the academic council, the executive council, the university court, the postgraduate board of studies and the departmental research committee till their demands are met.

source:Tribune