6th Pay Commission: When university teachers will get pay hike

6th Pay Commission: When university teachers will get pay hike

By Khabrein.Info News Desk,

New Delhi, Sept. 7, 2008: To most of the university teachers the question haunting them is that when they will get pay hike on the lines of 6th Pay Commission recommendations. Though central government employees are set to get their hiked salary from this month the university teachers may well have to wait a bit longer.

University teachers were hoping that they too would get similar hikes as recommended by the sixth pay commission. Around 5.5 million central government employees have got around 25 percent pay hikes besides hefty increment in allowance and other facilities.

Several state governments including Uttar Hradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh have announced to form committees to implement the sixth commission recommendations in their respective state.

The UGC Pay panel review committee headed by GK Chadha has said that the committee has not completed its study. The message was recently conveyed to the HRD minister Arjun Singh who grudgingly approved an extension in the committee’s tenure.

The committee has been asked to

review implementation of the previous decision of the government/UGC under scheme of revision of pay scales approved for university and college teachers, librarians, physical education personnel and other academic staff.

To evaluate extent to which earlier recommendations in relation to qualifications, service conditions and pay-scales have been implemented.

Toexamine the present structure of emoluments and conditions of service... and suggest revision in the structure, taking into account the minimum qualifications, career advancement opportunities and total packet of benefits available to them (such as superannuation benefits, medical, housing facilities, etc).

To examine cases of anomalies in the pay structure or career advancement opportunities for academic staff after the last pay revision and suggest remedial measures.

To initiate necessary studies and analysis in regard to the terms of reference, keeping in mind demands and requirements of universities and higher education institutions.

It is being said that the UGC Pay review panel committee wants to submit the entire report “in one go”.

The government in the meantime seems anxious to ward off any bad affects of the delay in committee’s report on its poll prospects in general elections next year. The government had expected Chaddha committee report to coincide with the notification of the Sixth Pay Commission, the sources said. Sixth Pay commission recommendations are not valid for university teachers as well as premier learning centers like Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of management.

In the meantime various teachers' bodies have been critical of the Chadha committee for "delaying" its report submission on pay revision. They have raised objections to the "poor package" they are getting and cited this as a reason for the "high attrition" rate in the sector.

According to a report submitted by the government in Parliament, about 21 per cent of teaching posts are lying vacant in central universities. There are more vacancies in state-run universities than their central counterparts.


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