Mangalore: Pre-university Lecturers' Boycott Disrupts Evaluation in City
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/SB)
Mangalore, April 8: A boycott call by pre-university lecturers has threatened to disrupt the evaluation work of second PU that began on Friday April 8 and putting future of scores of students in jeopardy. A statewide boycott in 40 other centres has already begun demanding pay-scale matching that of degree college lecturers.
A group of PU lecturers who have floated a new association, Karnataka State Pre-University College Lecturers’ Association, walking out of the evaluation centre in centres like Canara College (Kannada paper), Sharada PU College (History), St Agnes College (Economics) and St Aloysius PU College (English) boycotted the evaluation here on first day itself, on Friday starting at 1.00 pm.
Addressing the protestors, Subrahmanya Bhat, lecturer in Government PU College, Manchi said that their only pending demand pertains to the difference in pay-scales of PU lecturers and degree college lecturers, which is still not addressed by the concerned. In 1980, the salary difference between Degree lecturers and PU lecturers was Rs 150, in 2006, the difference rose to Rs 2,000 and in 2011 the difference margin reached a height of to Rs 13000, he said and questioned while the work is of same nature for both PU and Degree lecturers, how there could be such a huge difference?
Another speaker Viresh, lecturer in GPU College, Krishnapura said that steps should be immediately taken by the State Government to remove the disparity in pay-scales of PU and degree college lecturers and said repeated appeal with the minister has not gained any positive response, thus resulting in boycott.