Non-UGC guest lecturers appeal to State government to retain them in colleges

The impermanent lecturers of authorities first-grade colleges (GFGC) who person not cleared the tests to go eligible to thatch successful grade colleges person urged the State authorities to let them to proceed to service arsenic teachers by making suitable amendments to the law.

At a property league successful Shivamogga connected Monday (November 10), Venkatesh C., the State President of the GFGC Non-University Grants Commission (UGC) Guest Lecturers Association, said that 5,600 non-UGC impermanent lecturers were disquieted astir losing their jobs, arsenic the caller tribunal judgement mandated qualification arsenic per UGC norms to thatch successful grade colleges. “We person been teaching students for decades contempt receiving debased salaries. The authorities should see our work and clasp us. If we suffer our jobs, our families volition look difficulties,” helium said.

“Earlier, up to 2009, the authorities recruited those who had not cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) oregon State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) for teaching jobs successful grade colleges. Considering our agelong service, the authorities should let america to proceed oregon delegate immoderate different responsibilities, arsenic was done earlier with respect to those teaching astatine authorities institutes that offered job-oriented courses,” helium stated.

Association caput Nagaraj Kumar, Treasurer C. Ramesh Babu, and others were present.