Haryana college teachers to join nationwide agitation

Kaithal, Oct 22 (UNI) Haryana Ferderation of University and College Teachers' Organisations (HFUCTO) today extended support to the National Conference of All India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organizations (AIFUCTO) to go on indefinite strike, if the VI UGC Pay Review Committee Report were not suitably modified and implemented by the Centre.

President HFUCTO, Dr O P Gahlawat, said here today that HFUCTO was highly critical of certain recommendations of the Pay Review Committee which would totally upset the existing parity between college and university teachers and class I Officers of the Central Government.

Haryana teachers from Universities and colleges are ready for any call from AIFUCTO and will be solidly with the AIFUCTO leadership in the nation wide struggle, Dr Gahalawat said in a press statement.

The most important demands among the 17-point charter prepared by the General Council of AIFUCTO include assured three promotions for all teachers, inclusion of Readers/Selection Grade Lecturers in pay band four, professorship in both Post Graduate and Undergraduate departments, rectification of anomalies in respect of CAS in the last pay revision, the benefit of enhanced increment for all teachers and full parity between teachers and librarians and directors of physical education.

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