Jadavpur University teachers protest ‘non implementation’ of new UGC pay scale

A JUTA spokesman claimed that the West Bengal government is dilly-dallying over the implementation of the revised UGC pay scale, at a time when most of the other states have done it.

The rally and sit-in affected classes during afternoon hours, a university source said. JUTA member Partha Pratim Roy said the agitating teachers also demanded an immediate election of the reprensentatives to statutory bodies in the university, including students’ council.

Roy said JUTA members will launch a bigger movement if their demands were not looked into. “We will first cease to do all non-teaching work, then boycott classes and in the final stage, may even resort to indefinite fast,” another JUTA member said. JU Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das could not be contacted for comments.