University teachers to strike work in Punjab

Patiala, July 7

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Teachers of universities and colleges in the state have decided to suspend all examination evaluation work over their pending demand of implementation of UGC pay scales notified in 2017. They claimed the state had also not honoured its promise of implementing the same with the pay scales of the 6th Pay Commission.

Led by Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisation (PFUCTO), teachers of Panjab University, Chandigarh; Punjabi University, Patiala; GNDU, Amritsar; and GADVASU, Ludhiana; along with over 1,500 teachers of 48 government colleges of the state have taken the collective decision. The Government Colleges Teachers’ Association also held a meeting with the Principal Secretary, Higher Education, and DRI Colleges over their demands today.

Association’s Patiala chief Barjinder Tohra said they had been forced to take this decision. “We have been raising our demands for long. The government had assured us that these will be met along with implementation of the 6th Pay Commission’s proposals, but nothing happened,” he said. — TNS