LU teachers’ 2-hour protests to hit classes every day

LUCKNOW: Lucknow University (LU) teachers’ decision to abstain from work every day for two hours to protest against the new PhD rules will take a toll on classes. The teachers will start protesting Monday onwards, against the new PhD admission rules introduced in middle of the admission process.
Every day the teachers will sit with chalk, duster and a soft board at gate number 1 of the university from 12-2pm.

“Students should be granted admissions in accordance with the PhD ordinance of 2018 instead of the new rules enforced without amending the ordinance. Our fight is in the student’s interest. We we will protest in such a manner that the university’s functioning isn’t disturbed,” said LU Teachers’Association president Neeraj Jain. Over 7,000 aspirants had appeared for entrance test conducted for admission to 648 PhD seats in January.

However, before the results were to be declared, LU introduced new rules stating that teachers due for retirement in the next three years won’t be able to guide students. The rules also mandates that a seat would be considered vacant only if the existing student submitted his/ her thesis. The change in rules has reduced the number of PhD seats by 20% and the PhD seats now are 514.