‘Provide Rs100cr a year to MKU for paying salaries'
Several hundred people are affected by the financial crisis at MKU without receiving salaries and pensions. The coalition pointed out that monthly pensions and salaries for Dec 2024, Jan 2025, and Feb 2025 were paid only in March, while May salary is yet to be paid.
"The govt is refusing to provide funds for salaries citing audit objections. The responsibility to correct audit issues lies with the finance officer and deputy director.
Govt secretaries have been on the syndicate to streamline the university. It is the duty of the govt to point out and correct the shortcomings in the financial management of the university," said A Srinivasan, president, Save MKU Coalition. He added that the university suffered from various administrative irregularities for four years and the quality of education was declining.
He said the resources and infrastructure of the university should not be rented out to private agencies to mobilise funds.
Madurai: Save Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) Coalition has demanded that Tamil Nadu govt provide at least Rs100 crore a year for pensions and salaries for the university. It is not right for employees or pensioners to be made scapegoats during the university's financial crisis, it said.
Several hundred people are affected by the financial crisis at MKU without receiving salaries and pensions. The coalition pointed out that monthly pensions and salaries for Dec 2024, Jan 2025, and Feb 2025 were paid only in March, while May salary is yet to be paid.
"The govt is refusing to provide funds for salaries citing audit objections. The responsibility to correct audit issues lies with the finance officer and deputy director. Govt secretaries have been on the syndicate to streamline the university. It is the duty of the govt to point out and correct the shortcomings in the financial management of the university," said A Srinivasan, president, Save MKU Coalition. He added that the university suffered from various administrative irregularities for four years and the quality of education was declining.
He said the resources and infrastructure of the university should not be rented out to private agencies to mobilise funds.
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