Teachers in Punjab, Chandigarh universities continue with ‘total education bandh’
The Hindu
Protest is over the non-implementation of seventh pay commission of UGC
Teachers in colleges and universities across Punjab and Chandigarh continued with their ‘total education bandh’ (shutdown) for the tenth day on Friday even as teachers at Panjab University in Chandigarh staged demonstration as a mark of their protest over the non-implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission of the University Grants Commission (UGC) by Punjab Government.
In Punjab and Chandigarh, teachers have been observing ‘total education bandh’ since December 1 over the non-implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the decision of de-linking of teachers’ grades from UGC pay scales. Teachers have been abstaining from work as a part of the protest.
Under the banner of Punjab Federation of University and College Teachers Organizations, the members of Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) assembled near gate number 2 of the Panjab University and staged a sit-in protest and held demonstration against the Punjab Government for the undue delay in the implementation of revised pay scales as per the recommendation of Seventh UGC Pay Commission.
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