He said numerous meetings have been held with the government, which only gives assurances.
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 11
The college teachers under the banner of the Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisation (PFUCTO) held a protest from Lawrence Road to Company Bagh on Saturday over non- implementation of the 7th Pay Commission. Teachers from DAV College, BBK DAV, Khalsa College and Hindu College, among others, took part in the agitation.
Teaching staff working in other states are getting the benefit of 7th Pay Commission for the last five years, but the Punjab Government is talking about delinking the Punjab Higher Education Department from the University Grants Commission. Dr BB Yadav, area coordinator , Guru Nanak Dev University
“More than 900 professors of the district are on strike for the last 11 days and the government is sleeping. It’s a matter of grave importance as teachers have been waiting for four years to get the benefits that their counterparts in other states are getting,” said Dr Gurdas SIngh Sekhon, district chief, PFUCTO.
He said numerous meetings have been held with the government, which only gives assurances.
Dr Seema Jaitley, a teacher from Hindu College, said, “Due to this, studies of students in colleges are getting hampered. The future of students is getting spoiled, but the government is sitting carelessly. The place of teachers is in colleges, not on the roads. Therefore, the government should give us our due and not spoil the semester.”
Guru Nanak Dev University area coordinator Dr BB Yadav said teachers, too, do not want to hold protest. “We have been forced to hold the stir. The 7th Pay Commission has been hanging for a long time. Teaching staff working in all the states are getting the benefit of 7th Pay Commission for the last five years, but the Punjab Government is talking about delinking the Punjab Higher Education Department from the University Grants Commission.”