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MUTA (Madurai Kamaraj University, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Mother Teresa Women’s University and Alagappa University), on with Association of University Teachers, (AUT) has announced an indefinite onslaught starting from January 21 condemning the Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department’s hold successful implementing Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) benefits and the non-payment of wage arrears.
The property connection issued by AUT-MUTA stated that though the Tamil Nadu authorities issued a Government Order successful 2021 to instrumentality Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) benefits for assemblage teachers, its execution has been delayed.
Observing the disparity successful wage betwixt the authorities and government-aided assemblage teachers, the connection said that portion teachers successful authorities colleges were already receiving enhanced wage and arrears arsenic per the order, those successful government-aided colleges faced a stark disparity.
“In Coimbatore and Thanjavur regions, government-aided assemblage teachers person a revised wage but nary arrears. In the remaining six regions, adjacent the basal wage advancement remains unimplemented,” it alleged.
The hold has caused a terrible world crisis. According to UGC regulations, the deficiency of authoritative promotion to Associate Professor prevents teachers from taking on additional research scholars.
“As a result, approximately 1,000 underprivileged and agrarian students have mislaid the accidental to prosecute Ph.D. degrees implicit the past 3 years - a important nonaccomplishment to the world community,” it said.
Although the Minister for Higher Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi informed AUT-MUTA representatives that a argumentation determination was made to supply CAS benefits starting January 2026, nary factual steps person been taken to see these benefits successful the existent wage structure, the connection alleged.
To property the Tamil Nadu authorities for the contiguous merchandise of salaries and arrears for aided assemblage teachers, the AUT-MUTA as announced has already observed a bid of protests, including an email campaign and representation of the demands to the section MLAs.
As the earlier protests have yielded no affirmative results, the connection said that they would commencement the indefinite onslaught starting from January 21 coinciding with the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly session.
“Teachers successful each aided-colleges volition motorboat an indefinite sit-in protest in their respective colleges,” it added.
