Guest lecturers boycott examination work, demand equal pay for equal job in Tamil Nadu
MADURAI: Alleging that they were compelled by Government Arts and Science College principals to do exam duty without salary, guest lecturers have urged Chief Minister MK Stalin provide equal pay for equal work as per SC order.
V Thangaraj, All Government UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers Association President told TNIE that every year, guest lecturers are forced to do exam duty without salary for May. Though we have staged various protests, the government has not increased our salaries. Hence, most of the guest lecturers boycott their examination work.
He added that a total of 7,364 guest lecturers are working in 164 Government Arts and Science colleges and seven Education colleges (B.Ed.) in the state. Of this, 5,000 are UGC qualified staff, working for more than 15 years, getting a consolidated salary of Rs 25,000. They have a long pending demand to the government to regularise their employment and also urged CM to pay a UGC salary of Rs 50,000 or Rs 57,700 as per the Supreme Court's order of equal pay for equal work.
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