Members of Madurai Kamaraj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar, Mother Teresa, Alagappa, Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Education and Anna university Teachers Association (MUTA) staged a protest outside the Collector office here on Wednesday demanding the pending payments for government-aided college teachers.
A.T. Senthamarai Kannan, general secretary, said that while university and government college lecturers were being paid regularly, teachers of aided college have not been paid for several months now. While the colleges in regions like Coimbatore and Thanjavur were paid, teachers at colleges in Chennai, Madurai and Tirunelveli region were not paid, he added.
As the Higher Education Department was not facing any fund crunch and no Government Orders were issued regarding the pendency of funds for teachers, why only the aided-college teachers were kept on hold for several months, he questioned.
“As demand for grants for Higher Education is to be discussed in the State Assembly session, the matter of pending salary for aided-college teachers should be discussed,” he added.
Published - April 23, 2025 09:45 pm IST
