From M Kaimuanthang
Churachandpur, Mar 6 : With the retirement of 9 principals , 1 additional director as well as 26 lecturers totalling in all 35 teachers in the state higher education departments, teacher shortages plagueing the department seems to be getting more acute.
According to a very highly placed sources the current shortfalls of teachers in the states higher education department is 187 lecturers and owing to the 35 teachers retirement the numbers shortages will touch to a high of morethan 200 .
Sources said the retiring 35 teachers are entitle for upto 62 years services which has been guaranteed by the norms and provision of UGC and under the 6th Pay Commission recommendation .
Yet the state government intentionally decline to implement the UGC provision pertaining to superannuation of the 35 retiring teachers inpite of the pressures exerted by them and despite the fact that many other states like Meghalaya, Nagaland , UP , Maharshtra to name a few implementing it another sources from the CCpur Teachers Association .
The neighbouring state of Mizoram is about to implement the same said sources.
On the other hand the state government granted 65 years as pension age for the JN Hospital Professors while steadfastly refusing to accept the demands raised by the teachers in favour of fixing 65 as pension age for it is in line with the UGC norms and provision
While this has been the case the state goverment yet again received and all the money sanctioned by the central government for all those teachers for their upto 62 years sevices wages and pension money a very highly placed sources accused.
Further the state government restored the services of Additional Director Planning and Finance Dr Pratap Chandra after he got pension on the 31st Jan 2010 and appointed him to work as planning and finance consultant for another 11 months
A cabinet decision was taken way back on the 25th Feb last which has been a clear example of nepotism practised by the state government.